Category: Neural Basis of Navigation

How the brain controls movement in high dimensional space?

Gallego, Juan A., Matthew G. Perich, Lee E. Miller, and Sara A. Solla. “Neural manifolds for the control of movement.” Neuron 94, no. 5 (2017): 978-984.

Abstract

The analysis of neural dynamics in several brain cortices has consistently …

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3D Grid Cell Visualisation Software

3D grid cell visualisation software was developed by Misun Kim at the Memory and Space Laboratory of Professor Eleanor Maguire, Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, University College London, London, UK.

This software has two main goals.

First, to visualize the

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Whether entorhinal velocity signals are equally influenced or provide a universal metric for self-motion across environments?

Munn, Robert GK, Caitlin S. Mallory, Kiah Hardcastle, Dane M. Chetkovich, and Lisa M. Giocomo. “Entorhinal velocity signals reflect environmental geometry.” bioRxiv (2019): 671222. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/671222

Summary
The entorhinal cortex contains neural signals for representing self-location, including grid

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How Does the Brain Solve the Computational Problems of Spatial Navigation?

Widloski, John, and Ila Fiete. “How does the brain solve the computational problems of spatial navigation?.” In Space, Time and Memory in the Hippocampal Formation, pp. 373-407. Springer, Vienna, 2014.

Abstract
Flexible navigation in the real world involves …

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How are grid cells organized in the MEC?

Gu, Yi, Sam Lewallen, Amina A. Kinkhabwala, Cristina Domnisoru, Kijung Yoon, Jeffrey L. Gauthier, Ila R. Fiete, and David W. Tank. “A map-like micro-organization of grid cells in the medial entorhinal cortex.” Cell 175, no. 3 (2018): 736-750.

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How does environmental geometry influence human spatial cognition?

Jacob L. S. Bellmund, William de Cothi, Tom A. Ruiter, Matthias Nau, Caswell Barry, Christian F. Doeller. Deforming the metric of cognitive maps distorts memory. bioRxiv 391201; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/391201

Abstract

Environmental boundaries anchor cognitive maps that support memory. However, …

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How is the retrosplenial cortex uniquely suited to carry out spatial memory and navigation computations?

Ellen K.W. Brennan, Shyam Kumar Sudhakar, Izabela Jedrasiak-Cape, Omar J. Ahmed. Uniquely excitable neurons enable precise and persistent information transmission through the retrosplenial cortex. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/673954

ABSTRACT

The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is essential for both memory and

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