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Arnold, Aiden EG, Ford Burles, Signe Bray, Richard M. Levy, and Giuseppe Iaria. “Differential neural network configuration during human path integration.” Frontiers in human neuroscience 8 (2014): 263.
Abstract
“Path integration is a fundamental skill for navigation …
Elhanan Ben-Yishay, Ksenia Krivoruchko, Shaked Ron, Nachum Ulanovsky, Dori Derdikman, Yoram Gutfreund. Head-Direction Coding in the Hippocampal Formation of Birds. bioRxiv 2020.08.31.274928; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.31.274928
Abstract
“Birds strongly rely on spatial memory and navigation. However, it is unknown …
Simone Viganò, Valerio Rubino, Antonio Di Soccio, Marco Buiatti, Manuela Piazza. Multiple spatial codes for navigating 2-D semantic spaces. bioRxiv 2020.07.16.205955; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.16.205955
Summary
“When mammals navigate in the physical environment, specific neurons such as grid-cells, head-direction cells, …
Yuli Wu, Kepu Chen, Yuting Ye, Tao Zhang, Wen Zhou. Humans navigate with stereo olfaction.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jul 2020, 117 (27) 16065-16071; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2004642117
Significance
“The human brain exploits subtle differences between the …
Christopher J. Cueva, Alex Saez, Encarni Marcos, Aldo Genovesio, Mehrdad Jazayeri, Ranulfo Romo, C. Daniel Salzman, Michael N. Shadlen, Stefano Fusi. Low-dimensional dynamics for working memory and time encoding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Aug 2020, 201915984; …
Ju M, Gaussier P. A model of path integration and representation of spatial context in the retrosplenial cortex. Biological Cybernetics. 2020 Apr;114(2):303-313. DOI: 10.1007/s00422-020-00833-x.
Abstract
“Inspired by recent biological experiments, we simulate animals moving in different environments (open space, …
Czajkowski, R., Jayaprakash, B., Wiltgen, B., Rogerson, T., Guzman-Karlsson, M. C., Barth, A. L., Trachtenberg, J. T., & Silva, A. J. (2014). Encoding and storage of spatial information in the retrosplenial cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences …
Yanbo Lian, Anthony N. Burkitt. Learning an efficient place cell map from grid cells using non-negative sparse coding. bioRxiv 2020.08.12.248534; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.12.248534
Abstract
“Experimental studies of grid cells in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex (MEC) have shown that they are …
Gerlei, K., Passlack, J., Hawes, I. et al. Grid cells are modulated by local head direction. Nat Commun 11, 4228 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17500-1
Abstract
“Grid and head direction codes represent cognitive spaces for navigation and memory. Pure grid …
Agmon, Haggai, and Yoram Burak. “A theory of joint attractor dynamics in the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex accounts for artificial remapping and grid cell field-to-field variability.” eLife 9 (2020): e56894.
Abstract
“The representation of position in …
Stefanini, Fabio, Lyudmila Kushnir, Jessica C. Jimenez, Joshua H. Jennings, Nicholas I. Woods, Garret D. Stuber, Mazen A. Kheirbek, René Hen, and Stefano Fusi. “A distributed neural code in the dentate gyrus and in CA1.” Neuron (2020), Volume …
Philip Shamash, Sarah F. Olesen, Panagiota Iordanidou, Dario Campagner, Banerjee Nabhojit, Tiago Branco. Mice learn multi-step routes by memorizing subgoal locations. bioRxiv 2020.08.19.256867; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.19.256867
Abstract
“Animals must rapidly gather spatial information about new environments so that they …
E. Paxon Frady, Friedrich T. Sommer. Robust computation with rhythmic spike patterns. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Sep 2019, 116 (36) 18050-18059; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1902653116
Significance
“This work makes 2 contributions. First, we present a neural network model …
Jacob M.Olson, Jamie K.Li, Sarah E.Montgomery, Douglas A.Nitz. Secondary Motor Cortex Transforms Spatial Information into Planned Action during Navigation. Current Biology, Volume 30, Issue 10, 18 May 2020, Pages 1845-1854.e4
Summary
“Fluid navigation requires constant updating of planned …
Grigori Guitchounts, Javier Masís, Steffen B.E. Wolff, David Cox. Encoding of 3D Head Orienting Movements in the Primary Visual Cortex. Neuron, August 11, 2020, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2020.07.014
Summary
“Animals actively sample the sensory world by generating complex patterns of movement …
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