How the hippocampal spatial circuit represents latent information independent of sensory inputs and future goals?

Alexandra T. Keinath, Andres Nieto-posadas, Jennifer C. Robinson, Mark P. Brandon. DG-CA3 circuitry mediates hippocampal representations of latent information.bioRxiv 824102; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/824102

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“Survival in complex environments necessitates a flexible navigation system that incorporates memory of recent behavior and …

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How spatial information is communicated by place cells to downstream areas in a finer theta-timescale?

Monsalve‐Mercado, MM, Roudi, Y. Hippocampal spike‐time correlations and place field overlaps during open field foraging. Hippocampus. 2019; 1– 13. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23173

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Phase precessing place cells encode spatial information on fine timescales via the timing of their spikes. …

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How the brain constructs spatial representations to code an appropriate route under different sensory cues?

Choijiljav Chinzorig, Hiroshi Nishimaru, Jumpei Matsumoto, Yusaku Takamura, Alain Berthoz, Taketoshi Ono, Hisao Nishijo, Rat Retrosplenial Cortical Involvement in Wayfinding Using Visual and Locomotor Cues, Cerebral Cortex,  bhz183, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhz183

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“The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) has been implicated in wayfinding …

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Whether the firing associations of grid cells depend on hippocampal inputs?

Noam Almog, Gilad Tocker, Tora Bonnevie, Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser, Dori Derdikman. During hippocampal inactivation, grid cells maintain their synchrony, even when the grid pattern is lost. eLife 2019;8:e47147 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.47147

Abstract “The grid cell network in the medial …

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How dose the human brain integrate information about past temporal and cognitive contexts

Halle R Dimsdale-Zucker, Maria E Montchal, Zachariah M Reagh, Shao-Fang Wang, Laura A Libby, Charan R Ranganath. Hippocampal subfields integrate information about past temporal and cognitive contexts. bioRxiv 766311; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/766311

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“The hippocampus plays a critical role in …

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How do place cells encode local surface texture boundaries?

Chia-Hsuan Wang, Joseph D Monaco, James J Knierim. Hippocampal place cells encode local surface texture boundaries. 

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“The cognitive map is often assumed to be a Euclidean map that isometrically represents the real world (i.e. the

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How do the same brain systems represent and process different spatial scales environments?

Michael Peer, Yorai Ron, Rotem Monsa, Shahar Arzy. Processing of different spatial scales in the human brain. eLife 2019;8:e47492 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.47492

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Humans navigate across a range of spatial scales, from rooms to continents, but the brain systems underlying

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How does the human brain represent boundary and goal direction information?

Shine, Jonathan, Jose Pedro Valdes-Herrera, Claus Tempelmann, and Thomas Wolbers. “Evidence for allocentric boundary and goal direction information in the human entorhinal cortex and subiculum.” Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 4004 (2019)

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“In rodents, cells in …

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Whether the firing associations of grid cells depend on hippocampal inputs?

Noam Almog, Gilad Tocker, Tora Bonnevie, Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser, Dori Derdikman. During hippocampal inactivation, grid cells maintain their synchrony, even when the grid pattern is lost. bioRxiv 592006; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/592006

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The grid cell network in the MEC …

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How velocity coupling of grid modules enables stable embedding of a low dimensional variable in a high dimensional attractor

Noga Mosheiff, Yoram Burak. Velocity coupling of grid modules enables stable embedding of a low dimensional variable in a high dimensional attractor. eLife 2019;8:e48494 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.48494

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Grid cells in the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) encode position using a …

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How olfactory landmarks and path integration converge to form a cognitive spatial map?

Walter M Fischler, Narendra Joshi, Virginia Devi-Chou, Lacey Kitch, Mark Schnitzer, Larry F Abbott, Richard Axel. Olfactory Landmarks and Path Integration Converge to Form a Cognitive Spatial Map. bioRxiv 752360; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/752360

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The convergence of internal path

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How does place cell network pattern develop with experience?

Soyoun KimDajung JungSebastien Royer. Place cell map genesis via competitive learning and conjunctive coding in the dentate gyrus

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Place cells exhibit spatially selective firing fields and collectively map the

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How do neurons encode long-term memories?

Gonzalez, Walter G., Hanwen Zhang, Anna Harutyunyan, and Carlos Lois. “Persistence of neuronal representations through time and damage in the hippocampus.” Science 23 Aug 2019:Vol. 365, Issue 6455, pp. 821-825 DOI: 10.1126/science.aav9199

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How do neurons encode

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How the entorhinal cortex supports landmark-based navigation and path integration

Chen, Xiaoli, Paula Vieweg, and Thomas Wolbers. “Computing distance information from landmarks and self-motion cues-Differential contributions of anterior-lateral vs. posterior-medial entorhinal cortex in humans.” NeuroImage (2019): 116074.

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Landmarks and path integration cues are two important sources

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How the brain encode and retrieve information about where, what, when?

Jørgen Sugar and May‐Britt Moser. Episodic memory: Neuronal codes for what, where, and when. Hippocampus. 2019; 1– 16. https://doi.org/10.1002/hipo.23132

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“Episodic memory is defined as the ability to recall events in a spatiotemporal context. Formation of such memories is …

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