# Human hippocampal and entorhinal neurons encode the temporal structure of experience

*PRI Rank #18 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Papers, Class of 2026*

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| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #18 |
| 18m citations | 60 |
| Journal | Nature |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41586-024-07973-1 |
| Corresponding authors | Paweł Tacikowski, Itzhak Fried |
| Institution | University of California, Los Angeles, United States |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/neuroscience-and-neuropharmacology-research/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41586-024-07973-1](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07973-1)

## Topics

hippocampal neurons · entorhinal neurons · temporal structure encoding · intracranial electroencephalography · Single-neuron recording · sequence learning · structural graph representation · population activity · predictive coding · Hippocampal replay · hippocampal-entorhinal circuits · image presentation sequence · graph trajectories · rapid learning without instruction · what-when integration · persistent neural representation · stimulus probability encoding

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