Category: Neural Basis of Navigation

How place cells use environmental cues to resolve the ambiguity of arotationally symmetric environment?

Cheng, Han Yin, Dorothy W. Overington, and Kate J. Jeffery. “A configural context signal simultaneously but separably drives positioning and orientation of hippocampal place fields.” Hippocampus 34.2 (2024): 73-87.

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Effective self-localization requires that the brain can

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How to convert an allocentric goal into an egocentric steering signal?

Mussells Pires, P., Zhang, L., Parache, V. et al. Converting an allocentric goal into an egocentric steering signal. Nature (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-07006-3

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“Neuronal signals that are relevant for spatial navigation have been described in many species1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. However, a circuit-level

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Whether the entorhinal cortex integrates relational information about changing values during prospective decision making using a grid-like representation of an abstract value space?

Nitsch, A., Garvert, M.M., Bellmund, J.L.S. et al. Grid-like entorhinal representation of an abstract value space during prospective decision makingNat Commun 15, 1198 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45127-z

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How valuable a choice option is often changes over time,

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How subfield-specific interneuron circuits govern the hippocampal response to novelty in male mice

Hainmueller, T., Cazala, A., Huang, LW. et al. Subfield-specific interneuron circuits govern the hippocampal response to novelty in male mice. Nat Commun 15, 714 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-44882-3

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“The hippocampus is the brain’s center for episodic memories. Its subregions, the …

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How to implement distinct manifold encoding of navigational information in the subiculum and hippocampus?

Shinya Nakai, Takuma Kitanishi, Kenji Mizuseki. Distinct manifold encoding of navigational information in the subiculum and hippocampus. Science Advances, 10,eadi4471(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adi4471

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The subiculum (SUB) plays a crucial role in spatial navigation and encodes navigational information differently from the

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How grid cells perform path integration in multiple reference frames during self-motion-based navigation?

Jing-Jie Peng, Beate Throm, Maryam Najafian Jazi, Ting-Yun Yen, Hannah Monyer, Kevin Allen. Grid cells perform path integration in multiple reference frames during self-motion-based navigation. bioRxiv 2023.12.21.572857; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.21.572857

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“With their periodic firing pattern, grid cells are considered

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How the vestibular system influences the generation and updating of the head direction signal?

Jalina A. Graham, Julie R. Dumont, Shawn S. Winter, Joel E. Brown, Patrick A. LaChance, Carly C. Amon, Kara B. Farnes, Ashlyn J. Morris, Nicholas A. Streltzov and Jeffrey S. Taube. Angular Head Velocity Cells within Brainstem Nuclei Projecting to

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