Category: Neural Basis of Navigation

How is the sense of space properly updated when travelling and heading angles differ?

Cheng Lyu, L. F. Abbott & Gaby Maimon. Building an allocentric travelling direction signal via vector computationNature (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04067-0

Abstract
“Many behavioural tasks require the manipulation of mathematical vectors, but, outside of computational models1,2,3,4,5,6,7, it is not known

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How does the brain create spatial maps in piriform cortex during olfactory navigation?

Cindy Poo, Gautam Agarwal, Niccolò Bonacchi & Zachary F. Mainen. Spatial maps in piriform cortex during olfactory navigationNature (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04242-3

Abstract
Odours are a fundamental part of the sensory environment used by animals to guide behaviours such

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How does the brain map vestibular and visual contributions to angular head velocity tuning in the cortex?

Eivind Hennestad, Aree Witoelar, Anna R. Chambers, Koen Vervaeke. Mapping vestibular and visual contributions to angular head velocity tuning in the cortex. Cell Reports, Volume 37, Issue 12, 2021, 110134.

Summary
Neurons that signal the angular velocity of

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How does the monarch butterfly modulate heading representation?

M. Jerome Beetz, Christian Kraus, Myriam Franzke, Eric J. Warrant, Christine Merlin, Basil el Jundi. Flight-induced compass representation in the monarch butterfly heading network. Current Biology, 2021,  Published:November 24, 2021 DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.11.009

Summary
“For navigation, animals use a robust internal …

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How do cognitive maps support hierarchical planning at multiple scales for large-scale navigation?

Iva K. Brunec and Ida Momennejad. Predictive Representations in Hippocampal and Prefrontal Hierarchies. Journal of Neuroscience 19 November 2021, JN-RM-1327-21; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1327-21.2021

Abstract
“As we navigate the world, we use learned representations of relational structures to explore and to …

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How does the brain encode the angular head velocity with multisensory integration?

Sepiedeh Keshavarzi, Edward F. Bracey, Richard A. Faville, Dario Campagner, Adam L. Tyson, Stephen C. Lenzi, Tiago Branco, Troy W. Margrie. Multisensory coding of angular head velocity in the retrosplenial cortex. Neuron, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.10.031.

Summary
To successfully navigate

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How does the brain map future navigational goals?

Raunak Basu, Robert Gebauer, Tim Herfurth, Simon Kolb, Zahra Golipour, Tatjana Tchumatchenko & Hiroshi T. Ito. The orbitofrontal cortex maps future navigational goals. Nature (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04042-9

Abstract
Accurate navigation to a desired goal requires consecutive estimates of spatial

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How does the hippocampus of flying owls encode 3D space?

Arpit Agarwal, Ayelet Sarel, Dori Derdikman, Nachum Ulanovsky, Yoram Gutfreund. Spatial coding in the hippocampus of flying owls. bioRxiv 2021.10.24.465553; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.24.465553

Abstract
“The elucidation of spatial coding in the hippocampus requires exploring diverse animal species. While robust place-cells …

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How the macaque hippocampal formation represents 3D space?

Mao, Dun, Eric Avila, Baptiste Caziot, Jean Laurens, J. David Dickman, and Dora E. Angelaki. “Spatial modulation of hippocampal activity in freely moving macaques.” Neuron (2021) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.09.032 

Summary
The hippocampal formation is linked to spatial navigation, but

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How Do We Find Our Way?

Moser M (2021) How Do We Find Our Way? Grid Cells in the Brain. Front. Young Minds. 9:678725. doi: 10.3389/frym.2021.678725

ABSTRACT
Navigation in the environment, getting from one place to another, is one of the most fundamental and

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What are the spatial and temporal scales of brain-wide neuronal activity, and how do activities at different scales interact?

Evan S Schaffer, Neeli Mishra, Matthew R Whiteway, Wenze Li, Michelle B Vancura, Jason Freedman, Kripa B Patel, Venkatakaushik Voleti, Liam Paninski, Elizabeth M. C. Hillman, LF Abbott, Richard Axel. Flygenvectors: The spatial and temporal structure of neural activity across

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How the time is encoded in rat dorsolateral striatum?

Alessandro Toso, Sebastian Reinartz, Francesca Pulecchi, Mathew E. Diamond. Time coding in rat dorsolateral striatum. Neuron, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2021.08.020.

Summary
To assess the role of dorsolateral striatum (DLS) in time coding, we recorded neuronal activity in rats tasked with

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How the insect central complex could coordinate multimodal navigation?

Xuelong Sun, Shigang Yue, Michael Mangan. How the insect central complex could coordinate multimodal navigation. bioRxiv 2021.08.18.456777; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.18.456777

Abstract
“The central complex of the insect midbrain is thought to coordinate insect guidance strategies. Computational models can account for …

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How do the neurons in rat retrosplenial cortex encode environment symmetry?

Ningyu Zhang, Roddy M Grieves, Kate J Jeffery. Environment symmetry drives a multidirectional code in rat retrosplenial cortex. bioRxiv 2021.08.22.457261; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.22.457261

Abstract
A class of neurons showing bidirectional tuning in a two-compartment environment was recently discovered in …

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How does the human brain encode egocentric spatial maps?

Lukas Kunz, Armin Brandt, Peter C. Reinacher, Bernhard P. Staresina, Eric T. Reifenstein, Christoph T. Weidemann, Nora A. Herweg, Ansh Patel, Melina Tsitsiklis, Richard Kempter, Michael J. Kahana, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage, Joshua Jacobs. A neural code for egocentric spatial maps in

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