Johnston, W. Jeffrey, Stephanie E. Palmer, and David J. Freedman. “Nonlinear mixed selectivity supports reliable neural computation.” bioRxiv (2019): 577288.
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Neuronal activity in the brain is variable, yet both perception and behavior are generally reliable. How does the brain …
Zirkelbach, Johannes, Martin Stemmler, and Andreas VM Herz. “Anticipatory neural activity improves the decoding accuracy for dynamic head-direction signals.” Journal of Neuroscience (2019): 2605-18.
Abstract
Insects and vertebrates harbor specific neurons that encode the animal’s head direction (HD) and provide …
Finkelstein, Arseny, Nachum Ulanovsky, Misha Tsodyks, and Johnatan Aljadeff. “Optimal dynamic coding by mixed-dimensionality neurons in the head-direction system of bats.” Nature communications 9, no. 1 (2018): 3590.
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Ethologically relevant stimuli are often multidimensional. In many brain …
Laptev, Dmitri, and Neil Burgess. “Neural dynamics indicate parallel integration of environmental and self-motion information by place and grid cells.” bioRxiv (2019): 640144.
Abstract
Place cells and grid cells in the hippocampal formation are thought to integrate sensory …
Vikbladh, Oliver M., Michael R. Meager, John King, Karen Blackmon, Orrin Devinsky, Daphna Shohamy, Neil Burgess, and Nathaniel D. Daw. “Hippocampal Contributions to Model-Based Planning and Spatial Memory.” Neuron (2019).
Highlights
• We tested planning and spatial memory …
Yizhen Zhang, Kuan Han, Robert Worth, Zhongming Liu. Connecting Concepts in the Brain: Mapping Cortical Representations of Semantic Relations. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/649939
In the brain, the semantic system is thought to store concepts. However, little is known about how it …
Pezzulo, Giovanni, Francesco Donnarumma, Domenico Maisto, and Ivilin Stoianov. “Planning at decision time and in the background during spatial navigation.” Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences 29 (2019): 69-76.
Highlights
• Planning is the model-based approach to solving control …
Jercog, Pablo E., Yashar Ahmadian, Caitlin Woodruff, Rajeev Deb-Sen, Laurence F. Abbott, and Eric R. Kandel. “Heading direction with respect to a reference point modulates place-cell activity.” Nature Communications 10, Article number: 2333 (2019).
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Webb, Barbara. “The internal maps of insects.” Journal of Experimental Biology 222, no. Suppl 1 (2019): jeb188094.
ABSTRACT
Insect navigation is strikingly geometric. Many species use path integration to maintain an accurate estimate of their distance and direction …
Heyman, Y., Vilk, Y., & Feinerman, O. (2019). Ants use multiple spatial memories and chemical pointers to navigate their nest. iScience.
Highlights
• Heyman et al. combine multiple technologies to study how ants navigate within their dark nest
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Aoki, Yuki, Hideyoshi Igata, Yuji Ikegaya, and Takuya Sasaki. “The Integration of Goal-Directed Signals onto Spatial Maps of Hippocampal Place Cells.” Cell Reports 27, no. 5 (2019): 1516-1527.
Spatial firing of hippocampal place cells varies depending on the …
Xiaojun Bao, Eva Gjorgieva, Laura K. Shanahan, James D. Howard, Thorsten Kahnt, and Jay A. Gottfried. Grid-like Neural Representations Support Olfactory Navigation of a Two-Dimensional Odor Space. Neuron(2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2019.03.034
Grid cells in entorhinal cortex underlie spatial orientation and path …
Solomon, Ethan A., Bradley C. Lega, Michael R. Sperling, and Michael J. Kahana. “Hippocampal theta codes for distances in semantic and temporal spaces.” bioRxiv (2019): 611681.
ABSTRACT
The medial temporal lobe (MTL) is known to support episodic memory …
Pegel, Uta, Keram Pfeiffer, Frederick Zittrell, Christine Scholtyssek, and Uwe Homberg. “Two compasses in the central complex of the locust brain.” Journal of Neuroscience 39, no. 16 (2019): 3070-3080.
In the brain of the desert locust, neurons sensitive …
Robin Grob, Pauline N. Fleischmann and Wolfgang Rössler*. Learning to navigate – how desert ants calibrate their compass systems. Neuroforum 2019. https://doi.org/10.1515/nf-2018-0011
Navigating through the environment is a challenging task that animals cope with on a daily basis. Many …
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