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Mona M. Garvert, Tankred Saanum, Eric Schulz, Nicolas W. Schuck & Christian F. Doeller. Hippocampal spatio-predictive cognitive maps adaptively guide reward generalization. Nat Neurosci (2023).
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“The brain forms cognitive maps of relational knowledge—an organizing principle thought to underlie …
Zaki Ajabi, Alexandra T. Keinath, Xue-Xin Wei & Mark P. Brandon. Population dynamics of head-direction neurons during drift and reorientation. Nature (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05813-2
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“The head direction (HD) system functions as the brain’s internal compass1,2, classically formalized as a …
Raphael Heldman, Dongyan Pang, Xiaoliang Zhao, Yingxue Wang. A CA1 circuit motif that signals the start of information integration. bioRxiv 2023.03.12.532295; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.12.532295
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“Integrating information from the recent past is critical for guiding predictions and shaping behavior…
Wenbo Tang, Justin D. Shin, Shantanu P. Jadhav. Geometric transformation of cognitive maps for generalization across hippocampal-prefrontal circuits. Cell Reports 42, 112246, March 28, 2023.
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“The ability to abstract information to guide decisions during navigation across changing …
Daisuke Kawahara, Shigeyoshi Fujisawa. Estimation of animal location from grid cell population activity using persistent cohomology. bioRxiv 2023.01.10.523361; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.10.523361
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“Many cognitive functions are represented as cell assemblies. For example, the population activity of place cells in the …
Peter Mussells Pires, L.F. Abbott, Gaby Maimon. Converting an allocentric goal into an egocentric steering signal. bioRxiv 2022.11.10.516026; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.10.516026
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“Neuronal signals relevant for spatial navigation have been described in many species1–12, however, a circuit-level understanding of …
Eloy Parra-Barrero, Sandhiya Vijayabaskaran, Eddie Seabrook, Laurenz Wiskott, Sen Cheng. A Map of Spatial Navigation for Neuroscience. 10.31219/osf.io/a86gq
“An animal’s ability to navigate space is crucial to its survival. It is also cognitively demanding, and relatively easy to probe. …
Jacobsen B, Kleven H, Gatome W, Las L, Ulanovsky N, Witter MP. Organization of projections from the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampal formation of the Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus. Hippocampus. 2023 Mar 3.
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“The hippocampal formation …
Aleksander P.F. Domanski, Michal T. Kucewicz, Eleonora Russo, Mark D. Tricklebank, Emma S.J. Robinson, Daniel Durstewitz, Matt W. Jones. Distinct hippocampal-prefrontal neural assemblies coordinate memory encoding, maintenance, and recall. Current Biology, 2023.
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“Short-term memory enables incorporation of …
Oliver Barnstedt, Petra Mocellin, Stefan Remy. A hippocampus-accumbens code guides goal-directed appetitive behavior. bioRxiv 2023.03.09.531869; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.09.531869
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“Neurons in dorsal hippocampus (dHPC) encode a rich repertoire of task-relevant environmental features, while downstream regions such as the …
Aggius-Vella E, Chebat DR, Maidenbaum S, Amedi A. Activation of human visual area V6 during egocentric navigation with and without visual experience. Current Biology. 2023 Mar 1.
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“V6 is a retinotopic area located in the dorsal visual …
Reagh, Z.M., Ranganath, C. Flexible reuse of cortico-hippocampal representations during encoding and recall of naturalistic events. Nat Commun 14, 1279 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36805-5
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“Although every life event is unique, there are considerable commonalities across events. However, little is known …
PS Muhle-Karbe, H Sheahan, G Pezzulo, HJ Spiers, S Chien, NW Schuck, C Summerfield. Goal-seeking compresses neural codes for space in the human hippocampus and orbitofrontal cortex. bioRxiv 2023.01.12.523762; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.12.523762
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“Humans can navigate flexibly to meet …
Alexander, A. S., Robinson, J. C., Stern, C. E., & Hasselmo, M. E. (2023). Gated transformations from egocentric to allocentric reference frames involving retrosplenial cortex, entorhinal cortex, and hippocampus. Hippocampus, 1– 23. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23513
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“This paper reviews the …
Tristan Geiller, James B. Priestley, Attila Losonczy. A local circuit-basis for spatial navigation and memory processes in hippocampal area CA1. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. Volume 79, 2023,102701.
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“The hippocampus is a multi-stage neural circuit that is critical for …
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