Publications

*equal contribution

^co-corresponding

Research Publications

A flexible hippocampal population code for experience relative to reward

Sosa M^, Plitt MH, Giocomo LM^. (2025 Jun). Nature Neuroscience 28(7):1497-1509.  

Preprint: Sosa M^, Plitt MH, Giocomo LM^. (2023 Dec). Hippocampal sequences span experience relative to rewards. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.27.573490. 

A Variable Clock Underlies Internally Generated Hippocampal Sequences

Deng X, Chen S, Sosa M, Karlsson MP, Wei XX, Frank LM. (2022 May) A Variable Clock Underlies Internally Generated Hippocampal Sequences. Journal of Neuroscience 42:3797-3810.

Hippocampal replay of experience at real-world speeds

Denovellis EL, Gillespie AK, Coulter ME, Sosa M, Chung JE, Eden UT, Frank LM. (2021 Oct). eLife 10:e64505.

Dorsal and Ventral Hippocampal Sharp-Wave Ripples Activate Distinct Nucleus Accumbens Networks

Sosa M, Joo HR, Frank LM. (2020 Feb). Neuron 105:725-741. ePub 2019 Dec.

Constant Sub-Second Cycling Between Representations of Possible Futures in the Hippocampus

Kay K, Chung JE, Sosa M, Schor JS, Karlsson MP, Larkin MC, Liu DF, Frank LM. (2020 Feb). Cell 180:552-567.

Distinct hippocampal-cortical memory representations for experiences associated with movement versus immobility

Yu JY, Kay K, Liu DF, Grossrubatscher I, Loback A, Sosa M, Chung JE, Karlsson MP, Larkin MC, Frank LM.  (2017 Aug). eLife 6:e27621.

A hippocampal network for spatial coding during immobility and sleep

Kay K, Sosa M, Chung JE, Karlsson MP, Larkin MC, Frank LM. (2016 Mar). Nature 531:185-190.

Reviews, Book Chapters, and Commentaries

The grid code for ordered experience

Rueckemann JW*, Sosa M*, Giocomo LM^, Buffalo EA^. (2021 Aug). Nature Reviews Neuroscience 22:637-649.

Navigating for reward

Sosa M^, Giocomo LM^. (2021 Jul). Nature Reviews Neuroscience 22:472-487. 

Are We There Yet? Identification of Reward-Selective Cells in the Hippocampus

Sosa M, Frank LM. (2018 Jul). Neuron 99:7-10.

Neural Activity Patterns Underlying Spatial Coding in the Hippocampus

Sosa M*, Gillespie AK*, Frank LM. (2016). Chapter in: Clark R.E., Martin S. (eds) Behavioral Neuroscience of Learning and Memory, Springer, Cham. Article in Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences, vol 37, 2018.

Datasets

DANDI: A flexible hippocampal population code for experience relative to reward 

Sosa M, Plitt MH, Giocomo LM. (2025). doi: 10.48324/dandi.001361/0.250609.2249