Category: Cognitive Navigation

A Map of Spatial Navigation for Neuroscience

Eloy Parra-Barrero, Sandhiya Vijayabaskaran, Eddie Seabrook, Laurenz Wiskott, Sen Cheng. A Map of Spatial Navigation for Neuroscience. 10.31219/osf.io/a86gq 

“An animal’s ability to navigate space is crucial to its survival. It is also cognitively demanding, and relatively easy to probe. …

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How the brain organizes of projections from the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampal formation of the Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus?

Jacobsen B, Kleven H, Gatome W, Las L, Ulanovsky N, Witter MP. Organization of projections from the entorhinal cortex to the hippocampal formation of the Egyptian fruit bat Rousettus aegyptiacus. Hippocampus. 2023 Mar 3.

Abstract
“The hippocampal formation …

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How distinct hippocampal-prefrontal neural assemblies coordinate memory encoding, maintenance, and recall?

Aleksander P.F. Domanski, Michal T. Kucewicz, Eleonora Russo, Mark D. Tricklebank, Emma S.J. Robinson, Daniel Durstewitz, Matt W. Jones. Distinct hippocampal-prefrontal neural assemblies coordinate memory encoding, maintenance, and recall. Current Biology, 2023.

Summary
“Short-term memory enables incorporation of …

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How the hippocampus-accumbens code guides goal-directed appetitive behavior?

Oliver Barnstedt, Petra Mocellin, Stefan Remy. A hippocampus-accumbens code guides goal-directed appetitive behavior. bioRxiv 2023.03.09.531869; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.09.531869

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“Neurons in dorsal hippocampus (dHPC) encode a rich repertoire of task-relevant environmental features, while downstream regions such as the …

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How human visual area V6 transforms spatially relevant sensory information into an egocentric representation for navigation?

Aggius-Vella E, Chebat DR, Maidenbaum S, Amedi A. Activation of human visual area V6 during egocentric navigation with and without visual experience. Current Biology. 2023 Mar 1.

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“V6 is a retinotopic area located in the dorsal visual …

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How the neural representation of allocentric space is distorted by goal-directed behaviour?

PS Muhle-Karbe, H Sheahan, G Pezzulo, HJ Spiers, S Chien, NW Schuck, C Summerfield. Goal-seeking compresses neural codes for space in the human hippocampus and orbitofrontal cortex. bioRxiv 2023.01.12.523762; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.12.523762

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“Humans can navigate flexibly to meet …

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How the brain process gated transformations from egocentric to allocentric reference frames involving retrosplenial cortex, entorhinal cortex, and hippocampus?

Alexander, A. S., Robinson, J. C., Stern, C. E., & Hasselmo, M. E. (2023). Gated transformations from egocentric to allocentric reference frames involving retrosplenial cortex, entorhinal cortex, and hippocampus. Hippocampus, 1– 23. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23513

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“This paper reviews the …

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How new learning affects a previously acquired spatial memory representation?

Samuel J Levy, Michael E Hasselmo. Hippocampal remapping induced by new behavior is mediated by spatial context. bioRxiv 2023.02.20.529330; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.20.529330

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“The hippocampus plays a central role in episodic memory and spatial navigation. Hippocampal neurons form unique representational …

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How collective hippocampal coding properties facilitate the stability or precision of the neural code?

Sheintuch, Liron, Nitzan Geva, Daniel Deitch, Alon Rubin, and Yaniv Ziv. “Organization of hippocampal CA3 into correlated cell assemblies supports a stable spatial code.” Cell Reports 42, no. 2 (2023).

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“Hippocampal subfield CA3 is thought to …

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How the brain avoid systematic erasing of previously encoded memories?

Irene Navarro-Lobato, Adrian Aleman-Zapata, Anumita Samanta, Milan Bogers, Shekhar Narayanan, Abdelrahman Rayan, Alejandra Alonso, Jacqueline van der Meij, Mehdi Khamassi, Zafar Khan, Lisa Genzel. Learning Fast and Slow: Increased cortical plasticity leads to memory interference and enhanced hippocampal-cortical interactions. …

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How brain encode object-location memories?

Yusuke Teratani-Ota, Brian J. Wiltgen. Encoding object-location memories along the proximodistal axis of CA1. bioRxiv 2022.10.17.512601; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.17.512601

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“The hippocampus is thought to combine “what” and “where” information from the cortex so that objects and events can …

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How rat brain transform egocentric views into goal-directed navigation behavior?

LaChance, Patrick A., and Jeffrey S. Taube. “A model for transforming egocentric views into goal‐directed behavior.” Hippocampus (2023).

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“Neurons in the rat postrhinal cortex (POR) respond to the egocentric (observer-centered) bearing and distance of the boundaries, …

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How spinal circuits implement the locomotor command?

Hsu, LJ., Bertho, M. & Kiehn, O. Deconstructing the modular organization and real-time dynamics of mammalian spinal locomotor networks. Nat Commun 14, 873 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36587-w

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“Locomotion empowers animals to move. Locomotor-initiating signals from the brain are funneled through …

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How the brain maintain and update the uncertainty about one’s location to navigate efficiently?

Yul HR Kang, Daniel M Wolpert, Máté Lengyel. Spatial uncertainty and environmental geometry in navigation. bioRxiv 2023.01.30.526278; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.30.526278

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“Variations in the geometry of the environment, such as the shape and size of an enclosure, have profound …

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How episodic memories are stored within brains?

Sachin P Vaidya, Raymond A Chitwood, Jeffrey C Magee. The formation of an expanding memory representation in the hippocampus. bioRxiv 2023.02.01.526663; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.02.01.526663

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“How episodic memories are stored within brains is poorly understood. While certain memory-retaining …

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