Category: Spatial Memory

How do spatial view cells work in spatial navigation and memory recall?

Rolls ET, Stringer SM. Spatial view cells in the hippocampus, and their idiothetic update based on place and head directionNeural Netw. 2005;18(9):1229‐1241. doi:10.1016/j.neunet.2005.08.006

Abstract:

Single neuron recording studies have demonstrated the existence of spatial view neurons

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How to study long-term memory formation and recall during spatial navigation in rodents?

Morales L, Tomàs DP, Dalmau J, de la Rocha J and Jercog PE (2020) High-Throughput Task to Study Memory Recall During Spatial Navigation in Rodents. Front. Behav. Neurosci. 14:64. doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2020.00064

Abstract

“Spatial navigation is one of the most …

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How does the human brain encode egocentric (self-centered) spatial information?

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

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How do spatial maps work in olfactory cortex during olfactory navigation?

Cindy Poo, Gautam Agarwal, Niccolò Bonacchi, Zachary Mainen. Spatial maps in olfactory cortex during olfactory navigation
bioRxiv 2020.02.18.935494; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.18.935494

Abstract
Animals rely on chemical signals to forage for food, shelter, and mates. Such behaviors call for odor

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How do the brain circuits work in encoding, retrieval and discrimination of episodic memories?

Hainmueller, T., Bartos, M. Dentate gyrus circuits for encoding, retrieval and discrimination of episodic memories. Nat Rev Neurosci (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-019-0260-z

Abstract
The dentate gyrus (DG) has a key role in hippocampal memory formation. Intriguingly, DG lesions impair …

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How do 3D place cells represent 3D volumetric space in rats?

Roddy M. Grieves, Selim Jedidi-Ayoub, Karyna Mishchanchuk, Anyi Liu, Sophie Renaudineau & Kate J. Jeffery. The place-cell representation of volumetric space in rats. Nat Commun 11, 789 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14611-7

Abstract
“Place cells are spatially modulated neurons found in the …

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How spatial information is dynamically reactivated in sub-regions of the human MTL and how this reactivation guides recall of episodic information

Nora A. Herweg, Ashwini D. Sharan, Michael R. Sperling, Armin Brandt, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage and Michael J. Kahana. Reactivated spatial context guides episodic recall. Journal of Neuroscience 23 January 2020, 1640-19; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1640-19.2019

Abstract
“The medial temporal lobe (MTL) is …

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How biological and artificial learning systems work?

James L. McClelland, Bruce L. McNaughton, Andrew K. Lampinen. Integration of New Information in Memory: New Insights from a Complementary Learning Systems Perspective. bioRxiv 2020.01.17.909804; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.17.909804

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“According to complementary learning systems theory, integrating new memories into the …

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How the dynamic internal states shape memory retrieval?

Tarder-Stoll, Hannah, Manasi Jayakumar, Halle R. Dimsdale-Zucker, Eren Günseli, and Mariam Aly. “Dynamic internal states shape memory retrieval.” Neuropsychologia (2019): 107328.

Highlights
• Retrieval mode is a neurocognitive state that optimizes access to memory.

• We review how

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How an ant navigates the desert?

Rüdiger Wehner. Desert Navigator: The Journey of an Ant [M]. Harvard University Press, 2020.

About the Book

“A world-renowned researcher of animal behavior reveals the extraordinary orienteering skills of desert ants, offering a thrilling account of the sophisticated ways insects

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What we have learned so far about the features of memory, including memory formation, retrieval over time, and loss?

Sheena A. Josselyn, Susumu Tonegawa. Memory engrams: Recalling the past and imagining the future. Science, 03 Jan 2020:Vol. 367, Issue 6473, eaaw4325. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaw4325

“The ability to form memory is an essential trait that allows learning and the accumulation …

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How the human brain codes for current remote spatial target locations?

Tsitsiklis, Melina, Jonathan Miller, Salman E. Qasim, Cory S. Inman, Robert E. Gross, Jon R. Willie, Elliot H. Smith et al. “Single-neuron representations of spatial memory targets in humans.” BioRxiv (2019): 523753.

Highlights
• Epilepsy patients performed a …

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How persistent states are maintained in the brain?

Marques, J.C., Li, M., Schaak, D. et al. Internal state dynamics shape brainwide activity and foraging behaviour. Nature (2019) doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1858-z

Abstract
The brain has persistent internal states that can modulate every aspect of an animal’s mental experience1,2,3,4. …

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How an allocentric representation of surrounding visual space can be constructed and stored by the dorsal visual path?

Li, Tianyi, Angelo Arleo, and Denis Sheynikhovich. “A model of a panoramic visual representation in the dorsal visual pathway: the case of spatial reorientation and memory-based search.” bioRxiv (2019): 827667.

Abstract
Primates are primarily visual animals and …

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How does the primate hippocampus represent objects and space during virtual navigation?

Gulli, Roberto A., Lyndon R. Duong, Benjamin W. Corrigan, Guillaume Doucet, Sylvain Williams, Stefano Fusi, and Julio C. Martinez-Trujillo. “Context-dependent representations of objects and space in the primate hippocampus during virtual navigation.” Nature Neuroscience 23, no. 1 (2020): …

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