May-Britt Moser
About
Founding Director of Centre for Neural Computation and Co-Director of the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience. PhD in neurophysiology, University of Oslo 1995.
May-Britt Moser is interested in the neural basis of spatial location and spatial memory, specifically and cognition more generally. Her work, conducted with Edvard I. Moser as a long-term collaborator, includes the discovery of grid cells in the entorhinal cortex, as well as several additional space-representing cell types in the same circuit.
Her group is beginning to unravel the functional organization of the grid-cell circuit as well as its contribution to memory formation in the hippocampus.
May-Britt Moser was a co-Founder of the Centre for the Biology of Memory, a Research Council-funded Centre of Excellence from 2003 to 2012, and has taken on the Directorship of the Centre for Neural Computation, with a life time from 2013 to 2022.
Nobelprize in Physiology or Medicine 2014: May-Britt Moser share the Nobel Prize with Edvard I. Moser and John O'Keefe.
Publications
2015
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Bjerknes, Tale Litlere;
Langston, Rosamund Fay;
Kruge, Ingvild Ulsaker;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2015)
Coherence among Head Direction Cells before Eye Opening in Rat Pups.
Current Biology.
volum 25 (1).
Academic article
-
Ito, Hiroshi;
Zhang, Sheng Jia;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2015)
A prefrontal-thalamo-hippocampal circuit for goal-directed spatial navigation.
Nature.
volum 522 (7554).
Academic article
-
Lu, Li;
Igarashi, Kei M;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2015)
Topography of Place Maps along the CA3-to-CA2 Axis of the Hippocampus.
Neuron.
volum 87 (5).
Academic article
-
Stensola, Tor;
Stensola, Hanne;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2015)
Shearing-induced asymmetry in entorhinal grid cells.
Nature.
volum 518 (7538).
Academic article
2014
-
Alme, Charlotte;
Miao, Chenglin;
Jezek, Karel;
Treves, Alessandro;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2014)
Place cells in the hippocampus: Eleven maps for eleven rooms.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
volum 111 (52).
Academic article
-
Bjerknes, Tale Litlere;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2014)
Representation of geometric borders in the developing rat.
Neuron.
volum 82 (1).
Academic article
-
Igarashi, Kei M;
Lu, Li;
Colgin, Laura Lee;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2014)
Coordination of entorhinal-hippocampal ensemble activity during associative learning.
Nature.
volum 510 (7503).
Academic article
-
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Roudi, Yasser;
Witter, Menno;
Kentros, Clifford;
Bonhoeffer, Tobias;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2014)
Grid cells and cortical representation.
Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
volum 15 (7).
Scientific translation/review
-
Rowland, David Clayton;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2014)
From cortical modules to memories.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology.
volum 24 (1).
Scientific translation/review
2013
-
Bonnevie, Tora;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Kubie, J. L.;
Roudi, Yasser;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2013)
Grid cells require excitatory drive from the hippocampus.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 16 (3).
Academic article
-
Couey, Jonathan Jay;
Witoelar, Aree Widya;
Zhang, Sheng Jia;
Zheng, Kang;
Ye, Jing;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Czajkowski, Rafal;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Roudi, Yasser;
Witter, Menno.
(2013)
Recurrent inhibitory circuitry as a mechanism for grid formation.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 16 (3).
Academic article
-
Lu, Li;
Leutgeb, Jill Kristin;
Tsao, Albert;
Henriksen, Espen Joakim;
Leutgeb, Stefan;
Barnes, Carol;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2013)
Impaired hippocampal rate coding after lesions of the lateral entorhinal cortex.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 16 (8).
Academic article
-
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2013)
Grid Cells and Neural Coding in High-End Cortices.
Neuron.
volum 80 (3).
Scientific translation/review
-
Rowland, David Clayton;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2013)
Time Finds Its Place in the Hippocampus.
Neuron.
volum 78 (6).
Editorial
-
Tsao, Albert;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2013)
Traces of Experience in the Lateral Entorhinal Cortex.
Current Biology.
volum 23 (5).
Academic article
-
Zhang, Sheng Jia;
Ye, Jing;
Miao, Chenglin;
Tsao, Albert;
Cerniauskas, Ignas;
Ledergerber, Debora;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2013)
Optogenetic Dissection of Entorhinal-Hippocampal Functional Connectivity.
Science.
volum 340 (6128).
Academic article
2012
-
Stensola, Hanne;
Stensola, Tor;
Solstad, Trygve;
Frøland, Kristian;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2012)
The entorhinal grid map is discretized.
Nature.
volum 492 (7427).
Academic article
2011
-
Giocomo, Lisa;
Hussaini, SA;
Zheng, F;
Kandel, ER;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2011)
Grid cells use HCN1 channels for spatial scaling.
Cell.
volum 147 (5).
Academic article
-
Jezek, Karel;
Henriksen, Espen Joakim;
Treves, Alessandro;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2011)
Theta-paced flickering between place-cell maps in the hippocampus.
Nature.
volum 478 (7368).
Academic article
-
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2011)
Crystals of the brain.
EMBO Molecular Medicine.
volum 3 (2).
Editorial
2010
-
Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.;
Sargolini, Francesca;
Thoresen, Veslemøy Hult;
Solstad, Trygve;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2010)
Grid cells in pre- and parasubiculum.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 13 (8).
Academic article
-
Colgin, Laura Lee;
Leutgeb, Stefan;
Jezek, Karel;
Leutgeb, Jill Kristin;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
McNaughton, Bruce;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2010)
Attractor-Map Versus Autoassociation Based Attractor Dynamics in the Hippocampal Network.
Journal of Neurophysiology.
volum 104 (1).
Academic article
-
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2010)
A Dual Role for Hippocampal Replay.
Neuron.
volum 65 (5).
Editorial
-
Langston, Rosamund Fay;
Ainge, James Alexander;
Couey, Jonathan Jay;
Canto, Cathrin Barbara;
Bjerknes, Tale L.;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2010)
Development of the Spatial Representation System in the Rat.
Science.
volum 328 (5985).
Academic article
2009
-
Colgin, Laura Lee;
Denninger, Tobias;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Bonnevie, Tora;
Jensen, Ole;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Frequency of gamma oscillations routes flow of information in the hippocampus.
Nature.
volum 462 (7271).
Academic article
-
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Tsao, Albert;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 12 (10).
Academic article
Scientific articles
-
Bjerknes, Tale Litlere;
Langston, Rosamund Fay;
Kruge, Ingvild Ulsaker;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2015)
Coherence among Head Direction Cells before Eye Opening in Rat Pups.
Current Biology.
volum 25 (1).
Academic article
-
Ito, Hiroshi;
Zhang, Sheng Jia;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2015)
A prefrontal-thalamo-hippocampal circuit for goal-directed spatial navigation.
Nature.
volum 522 (7554).
Academic article
-
Lu, Li;
Igarashi, Kei M;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2015)
Topography of Place Maps along the CA3-to-CA2 Axis of the Hippocampus.
Neuron.
volum 87 (5).
Academic article
-
Stensola, Tor;
Stensola, Hanne;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2015)
Shearing-induced asymmetry in entorhinal grid cells.
Nature.
volum 518 (7538).
Academic article
-
Alme, Charlotte;
Miao, Chenglin;
Jezek, Karel;
Treves, Alessandro;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2014)
Place cells in the hippocampus: Eleven maps for eleven rooms.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
volum 111 (52).
Academic article
-
Bjerknes, Tale Litlere;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2014)
Representation of geometric borders in the developing rat.
Neuron.
volum 82 (1).
Academic article
-
Igarashi, Kei M;
Lu, Li;
Colgin, Laura Lee;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2014)
Coordination of entorhinal-hippocampal ensemble activity during associative learning.
Nature.
volum 510 (7503).
Academic article
-
Bonnevie, Tora;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Kubie, J. L.;
Roudi, Yasser;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2013)
Grid cells require excitatory drive from the hippocampus.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 16 (3).
Academic article
-
Couey, Jonathan Jay;
Witoelar, Aree Widya;
Zhang, Sheng Jia;
Zheng, Kang;
Ye, Jing;
Dunn, Benjamin Adric;
Czajkowski, Rafal;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Roudi, Yasser;
Witter, Menno.
(2013)
Recurrent inhibitory circuitry as a mechanism for grid formation.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 16 (3).
Academic article
-
Lu, Li;
Leutgeb, Jill Kristin;
Tsao, Albert;
Henriksen, Espen Joakim;
Leutgeb, Stefan;
Barnes, Carol;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2013)
Impaired hippocampal rate coding after lesions of the lateral entorhinal cortex.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 16 (8).
Academic article
-
Tsao, Albert;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2013)
Traces of Experience in the Lateral Entorhinal Cortex.
Current Biology.
volum 23 (5).
Academic article
-
Zhang, Sheng Jia;
Ye, Jing;
Miao, Chenglin;
Tsao, Albert;
Cerniauskas, Ignas;
Ledergerber, Debora;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2013)
Optogenetic Dissection of Entorhinal-Hippocampal Functional Connectivity.
Science.
volum 340 (6128).
Academic article
-
Stensola, Hanne;
Stensola, Tor;
Solstad, Trygve;
Frøland, Kristian;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2012)
The entorhinal grid map is discretized.
Nature.
volum 492 (7427).
Academic article
-
Giocomo, Lisa;
Hussaini, SA;
Zheng, F;
Kandel, ER;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2011)
Grid cells use HCN1 channels for spatial scaling.
Cell.
volum 147 (5).
Academic article
-
Jezek, Karel;
Henriksen, Espen Joakim;
Treves, Alessandro;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2011)
Theta-paced flickering between place-cell maps in the hippocampus.
Nature.
volum 478 (7368).
Academic article
-
Boccara, Charlotte Nina B.;
Sargolini, Francesca;
Thoresen, Veslemøy Hult;
Solstad, Trygve;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2010)
Grid cells in pre- and parasubiculum.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 13 (8).
Academic article
-
Colgin, Laura Lee;
Leutgeb, Stefan;
Jezek, Karel;
Leutgeb, Jill Kristin;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
McNaughton, Bruce;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2010)
Attractor-Map Versus Autoassociation Based Attractor Dynamics in the Hippocampal Network.
Journal of Neurophysiology.
volum 104 (1).
Academic article
-
Langston, Rosamund Fay;
Ainge, James Alexander;
Couey, Jonathan Jay;
Canto, Cathrin Barbara;
Bjerknes, Tale L.;
Witter, Menno;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2010)
Development of the Spatial Representation System in the Rat.
Science.
volum 328 (5985).
Academic article
-
Colgin, Laura Lee;
Denninger, Tobias;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Bonnevie, Tora;
Jensen, Ole;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Frequency of gamma oscillations routes flow of information in the hippocampus.
Nature.
volum 462 (7271).
Academic article
-
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Whitlock, Jonathan;
Tsao, Albert;
Fyhn, Marianne;
Hafting, Torkel;
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2009)
Fragmentation of grid cell maps in a multicompartment environment.
Nature Neuroscience.
volum 12 (10).
Academic article
Journal publications
-
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Roudi, Yasser;
Witter, Menno;
Kentros, Clifford;
Bonhoeffer, Tobias;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2014)
Grid cells and cortical representation.
Nature Reviews Neuroscience.
volum 15 (7).
Scientific translation/review
-
Rowland, David Clayton;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2014)
From cortical modules to memories.
Current Opinion in Neurobiology.
volum 24 (1).
Scientific translation/review
-
Moser, Edvard Ingjald;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2013)
Grid Cells and Neural Coding in High-End Cortices.
Neuron.
volum 80 (3).
Scientific translation/review
-
Rowland, David Clayton;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2013)
Time Finds Its Place in the Hippocampus.
Neuron.
volum 78 (6).
Editorial
-
Moser, May-Britt;
Moser, Edvard Ingjald.
(2011)
Crystals of the brain.
EMBO Molecular Medicine.
volum 3 (2).
Editorial
-
Derdikman, Dori Moshe;
Moser, May-Britt.
(2010)
A Dual Role for Hippocampal Replay.
Neuron.
volum 65 (5).
Editorial