Tag: Grid Cells

How spatial coding support auditory conceptual navigation in the entorhinal-hippocampal system?

Kyle Jasmin, Max Bullock, Frederic Dick, Roger Atkins, Roberto Bottini, Federica Sigismondi, Adam Tierney. Spatial coding supports auditory conceptual navigation. bioRxiv 2025.02.04.636440; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.02.04.636440

Abstract
Grid cells in human entorhinal cortex encode spatial layouts for real-world navigation, yet

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How grid cell modules could emerge from local interaction?

Khona, M., Chandra, S. & Fiete, I. Global modules robustly emerge from local interactions and smooth gradientsNature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08541-3

Abstract
“Modular structure and function are ubiquitous in biology, from the organization of animal brains and bodies to the …

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What’s the mechanisms and function of grid cells in cognition?

Ling L. Dong, and Ila R. Fiete. Grid Cells in Cognition: Mechanisms and Function. Annual Review of Neuroscience, 2024. 47:345–68. 

Abstract

“The activity patterns of grid cells form distinctively regular triangular lattices over the explored spatial environment and are …

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How grid cells perform path integration in multiple reference frames during self-motion-based navigation?

Jing-Jie Peng, Beate Throm, Maryam Najafian Jazi, Ting-Yun Yen, Hannah Monyer, Kevin Allen. Grid cells perform path integration in multiple reference frames during self-motion-based navigation. bioRxiv 2023.12.21.572857; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.21.572857

Abstract
“With their periodic firing pattern, grid cells are considered

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How the activity of single grid cells is related to the sum activity of a population of grid cells?

Ikhwan Bin Khalid, Eric T. Reifenstein, Naomi Auer, Lukas Kunz, Richard Kempter. Quantitative modeling of the emergence of macroscopic grid-like representations. bioRxiv 2022.12.20.521210; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.12.20.521210

Abstract
Grid cells are neurons in the entorhinal cortex that play a key

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When and why grid cells appear or not in trained path integrators?

Ben Sorscher, Gabriel C Mel, Aran Nayebi, Lisa Giocomo, Daniel Yamins, Surya Ganguli. When and why grid cells appear or not in trained path integrators. bioRxiv 2022.11.14.516537; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.14.516537

Abstract
“Recent work has claimed that the emergence of grid …

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Whether grid-cell-like representations support temporal processing?

Gregory Peters-Founshtein, Amnon Dafni-Merom, Rotem Monsa, Shahar Arzy. Evidence for grid-cell-related activity in the time domain. bioRxiv 2022.06.14.476894; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.06.14.476894

Abstract
“The relation between the processing of space and time in the brain has been an enduring cross-disciplinary question. …

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How do grid-cell modules remain coordinated when neural activity is dissociated from external sensory cues?

Torgeir Waaga, Haggai Agmon, Valentin A. Normand, Anne Nagelhus, Richard J. Gardner, May-Britt Moser, Edvard I. Moser, Yoram Burak. Grid-cell modules remain coordinated when neural activity is dissociated from external sensory cues, Neuron, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2022.03.011.

Summary
The representation

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Whether grid cell networks show continuous attractor dynamics, and how they interface with inputs from the environment?

Richard J. Gardner, Erik Hermansen, Marius Pachitariu, Yoram Burak, Nils A. Baas, Benjamin A. Dunn, May-Britt Moser & Edvard I. Moser. Toroidal topology of population activity in grid cells. Nature (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-021-04268-7

Abstract
“The medial entorhinal cortex is part …

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How Do We Find Our Way?

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

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Whether grid cell networks show continuous attractor dynamics and how they interface with inputs from the environment?

Richard J. Gardner, Erik Hermansen, Marius Pachitariu, Yoram Burak, Nils A. Baas, Benjamin A. Dunn, May-Britt Moser, Edvard I. Moser. Toroidal topology of population activity in grid cells. bioRxiv 2021.02.25.432776; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.02.25.432776

Abstract
“The medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) is …

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How does the brain navigate 2D semantic spaces?

Simone Viganò, Valerio Rubino, Antonio Di Soccio, Marco Buiatti, Manuela Piazza. Multiple spatial codes for navigating 2-D semantic spaces. bioRxiv 2020.07.16.205955; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.16.205955

Summary
When mammals navigate in the physical environment, specific neurons such as grid-cells, head-direction cells,

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How to learn an efficient place cell map from grid cells using non-negative sparse coding?

Yanbo Lian, Anthony N. Burkitt. Learning an efficient place cell map from grid cells using non-negative sparse coding. bioRxiv 2020.08.12.248534; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.12.248534

Abstract
“Experimental studies of grid cells in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex (MEC) have shown that they are …

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How are grid cells modulated by local head direction?

Gerlei, K., Passlack, J., Hawes, I. et al. Grid cells are modulated by local head directionNat Commun 11, 4228 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17500-1

Abstract
Grid and head direction codes represent cognitive spaces for navigation and memory. Pure grid …

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How do place cells and grid cells represent position across multiple environments with joint attractor dynamics?

Agmon, Haggai, and Yoram Burak. “A theory of joint attractor dynamics in the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex accounts for artificial remapping and grid cell field-to-field variability.” eLife 9 (2020): e56894.

Abstract
The representation of position in

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