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 …
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 …
J. P. Shine, T. Wolbers. Global and Local Head Direction Coding in the Human Brain. bioRxiv 2021.10.11.463872; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.10.11.463872
Abstract
“Orientation-specific head direction (HD) cells increase their firing rate to indicate one’s facing direction in the environment. Rodent studies …
Dustin Fetterhoff, Andrey Sobolev, Christian Leibold. Graded remapping of hippocampal ensembles under sensory conflicts. Cell Reports, Volume 36, Issue 11, 2021.
Summary
“Hippocampal place cells are thought to constitute a cognitive map of space derived from multimodal sensory …
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 …
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 …
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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