How the Hippocampal Cognitive Map Supports Flexible Navigation?
O’Keefe J. How the Hippocampal Cognitive Map Supports Flexible Navigation. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 2025 Apr 8;48.
ABSTRACT
“During navigation to a goal, a portion of the hippocampal place cells exhibit directional preferences, firing more in some directions than …
How the geometric structure and underlying circuit organization of hippocampal population dynamics facilitate both memory discrimination and generalization, enabling efficient and flexible learning?
Wenbo Tang, Hongyu Chang, Can Liu, Salma Perez-Hernandez, William Y. Zheng, Jaehyo Park, Azahara Oliva, Antonio Fernandez-Ruiz. A hippocampal population code for rapid generalization. bioRxiv 2025.03.15.643456; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.15.643456
Abstract
“Generalizing from experience and applying prior knowledge to new …
How hippocampal representations drift in stable multisensory environments?
Climer, J.R., Davoudi, H., Oh, J.Y. et al. Hippocampal representations drift in stable multisensory environments. Nature 645, 457–465 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09245-y
Abstract
“Experiments that track hippocampal place cells in mice navigating the same real environment have found significant changes in …
How visual objects refine head direction coding?
Dominique Siegenthaler, Henry Denny, Sofía Skromne Carrasco, Johanna Luise Mayer, Daniel Levenstein,Adrien Peyrache, Stuart Trenholm, Émilie Macé. Visual objects refine head direction coding. Science, 389,eadu9828(2025).DOI:10.1126/science.adu9828
Abstract
“Animals use visual objects to guide navigation-related behaviors. However, visual object–preferring …
How cooperative actions of interneuron families support the hippocampal spatial code?
Manuel Valero, Pablo Abad-Perez, Andrea Gallardo, Marta Picco, Raquel García-Hernandez, Jorge Brotons, Anel Martínez-Félix, Robert Machold, Bernardo Rudy, György Buzsáki. Cooperative actions of interneuron families support the hippocampal spatial code. Science 389,eadv5638(2025). DOI:10.1126/science.adv5638
Abstract
“Identifying the computational roles …
How mice navigate scent trails using predictive policies?
Siddharth Jayakumar, Nicola Rigolli, Mackenzie W Mathis, Massimo Vergassola, Alexander Mathis, Venkatesh N Murthy. Mice navigate scent trails using predictive policies. bioRxiv 2025.08.27.672631; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.27.672631
Abstract
“Animals actively sense their environment to extract features of interest to guide …
What’s the replay and representation dynamics in the hippocampus of freely flying bats?
Angelo Forli, Wudi Fan, Kevin K. Qi & Michael M. Yartsev. Replay and representation dynamics in the hippocampus of freely flying bats. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09341-z
Abstract
“Cognitive functions for navigation and memory rely on emergent properties of …
How allothetic and idiothetic spatial cues control the multiplexed theta phase coding of place cells?
Sueoka, Y., Jayakumar, R.P., Madhav, M.S. et al. Allothetic and idiothetic spatial cues control the multiplexed theta phase coding of place cells. Nat Neurosci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-02038-6
Abstract
“Theta oscillation is considered a temporal scaffold for hippocampal computations that …
How the brain implement multimodal cue integration and learning in a neural representation of head direction?
Basnak, M.A., Kutschireiter, A., Okubo, T.S. et al. Multimodal cue integration and learning in a neural representation of head direction. Nat Neurosci 28, 1729–1740 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-024-01823-z
Abstract
“Navigation requires us to take account of multiple spatial cues …
How to build a fully neuromorphic localization system capable of large-scale, on-device deployment for energy-efficient robotic place recognition?
Adam D. Hines, Michael Milford, Tobias Fischer. A compact neuromorphic system for ultra–energy-efficient, on-device robot localization. Sci. Robot.10, eads3968(2025).DOI:10.1126/scirobotics.ads3968
Abstract
“Neuromorphic computing offers a transformative pathway to overcome the computational and energy challenges faced in deploying robotic localization …
How the brain coordinates remote vision with the activity of place cells？
Hannah L. Payne & Dmitriy Aronov. Remote activation of place codes by gaze in a highly visual animal. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09101-z
Abstract
“Vision enables many animals to perform spatial reasoning from remote locations1. By viewing distant landmarks, …
How the brain process spatial reasoning via recurrent neural dynamics in mouse retrosplenial cortex?
Jakob Voigts, Ingmar Kanitscheider, Nicholas J. Miller, Enrique H. S. Toloza, Jonathan P. Newman, Ila R. Fiete & Mark T. Harnett. Spatial reasoning via recurrent neural dynamics in mouse retrosplenial cortex. Nat Neurosci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-01944-z
Abstract
“From visual perception …
How brain networks connected by labile synapses store new information without catastrophically overwriting previous memories?
Sachin P. Vaidya, Guanchun Li, Raymond A. Chitwood, Yiding Li & Jeffrey C. Magee. Formation of an expanding memory representation in the hippocampus. Nat Neurosci (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-025-01986-3
Abstract
“How brain networks connected by labile synapses store new information …
How to construct general and biologically plausible integrating continuous attractor neural networks?
Federico Claudi, Sarthak Chandra, Ila R Fiete. A theory and recipe to construct general and biologically plausible integrating continuous attractor neural networks. bioRxiv 2025.05.07.652608; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.05.07.652608
Abstract
“Across the brain, circuits with continuous attractor dynamics underpin the representation …
What’s the coordinated mechanism for integrating allocentric, route-centered, and egocentric spatial reference frames at the network level during navigation?
Yicheng Zheng (征亦诚), Xinyu Zhou (周信羽), Shawn C. Moseley, Sydney M. Ragsdale, Leslie J. Alday, Wei Wu (吴畏), Aaron A. Wilber. A Hippocampal–Parietal Network for Reference Frame Coordination. Journal of Neuroscience 23 April 2025, 45 (17) e1782242025; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1782-24.2025…
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- How cooperative actions of interneuron families support the hippocampal spatial code?
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