Category: Cognitive Map

Whether and how neural dynamics of hippocampal neurons are influenced by the presence and actions of human experimenters?

Snyder, M.C., Qi, K.K. & Yartsev, M.M. Neural representation of human experimenters in the bat hippocampusNat Neurosci (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-024-01690-8

Abstract
“Here we conducted wireless electrophysiological recording of hippocampal neurons from Egyptian fruit bats in the presence of human

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How the hippocampus represents different spaces?

Fenton, A.A. Remapping revisited: how the hippocampus represents different spaces. Nat. Rev. Neurosci. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41583-024-00817-x

Abstract
The representation of distinct spaces by hippocampal place cells has been linked to changes in their place fields (the locations in the …

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How the medial entorhinal cortex develops during learning and influences memory?

Malone, T.J., Tien, NW., Ma, Y. et al. A consistent map in the medial entorhinal cortex supports spatial memoryNat Commun 15, 1457 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-45853-4

Abstract
The medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) is hypothesized to function as a

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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.

Abstract
Effective self-localization requires that the brain can

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Whether animals can intentionally control their hippocampal activity according to their model of the world

Chongxi Lai et al., Volitional activation of remote place representations with a hippocampal brain–machine interface. Science382,566-573(2023).DOI:10.1126/science.adh5206

Editor’s summary

“The hippocampus holds a model of the environment that can be mentally traversed during recall or simulation. …

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How hippocampal activity relates to spatial behaviour in dynamic and ethologically relevant group settings?

Forli, A., Yartsev, M.M. Hippocampal representation during collective spatial behaviour in batsNature (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06478-7

Abstract
Social animals live and move through spaces shaped by the presence, motion and sensory cues of multiple other individuals1,2,3,4,5,6. Neural activity

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How the cortical circuits integrate vestibular and visual cues for navigation, visual processing, and perception?

Sepiedeh Keshavarzi, Mateo Velez-Fort, and Troy W. Margrie. Cortical Integration of Vestibular and Visual Cues for Navigation, Visual Processing, and Perception. Annual Review of Neuroscience, Vol. 46:301-320, July 2023. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-120722-100503

Abstract
“Despite increasing evidence of its involvement in several …

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