Concept information
Preferred term
cell assembly
Definition
- A functional anatomical entity comprising a network of functionally interconnected and synchronized neurons, characterized by autonomous and dynamic activity, whose synaptic connections, strengthened by learning or experience, encode and represent concepts, perceptions, or memories.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- Hebbian cell assembly
- neuronal assembly
Scope note
- The Canadian neuropsychologist Donald O. Hebb introduced the concept of cell assembly in his 1949 seminal work The Organization of Behavior, which he defines as: “a diffuse structure comprising cells in the cortex and diencephalon (and also, perhaps, in the basal ganglia of the cerebrum), capable of acting briefly as a closed system, delivering facilitation to other such systems and usually having a specific motor facilitation. A series of such events constitutes a ‘phase sequence’—the thought process.” (Hebb, 1949, p. xix).
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Buzsáki, G. (2010). Neural syntax: Cell assemblies, synapsembles, and readers. Neuron, 68(3), 362–385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2010.09.023
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- • Hebb, D. O. (1949). The organization of behavior: A neuropsychological theory. Wiley.
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- • Huyck, C. R., & Passmore, P. J. (2013). A review of cell assemblies. Biological Cybernetics, 107(3), 263–288. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-013-0555-5
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- • Palm, G., Knoblauch, A., Hauser, F., & Schüz, A. (2014). Cell assemblies in the cerebral cortex. Biological Cybernetics, 108(5), 559–572. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-014-0596-4
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- • Sakurai, Y., Osako, Y., Tanisumi, Y., Ishihara, E., Hirokawa, J., & Manabe, H. (2018). Multiple approaches to the investigation of cell assembly in memory research—Present and future. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2018.00021
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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assemblée cellulaire de Hebb
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assemblée neuronale
URI
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