How the brain uses diverse sensory information to generate a stable directional representation of space?

Kadjita Asumbisa, Adrien Peyrache & Stuart Trenholm. Flexible cue anchoring strategies enable stable head direction coding in both sighted and blind animals. Nat Commun 13, 5483 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33204-0

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“Vision plays a crucial role in instructing the brain’s …

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What’s the neural dynamics for landmark orientation and angular path integration?

Seelig, J., Jayaraman, V. Neural dynamics for landmark orientation and angular path integration. Nature 521, 186–191 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14446

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“Many animals navigate using a combination of visual landmarks and path integration. In mammalian brains, head direction cells …

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How the brain combines sensory information and internal models of control dynamics for self-motion perception and navigation?

Akis Stavropoulos, Kaushik J Lakshminarasimhan, Jean Laurens, Xaq Pitkow, Dora E Angelaki (2022) . Influence of sensory modality and control dynamics on human path integration. eLife 11:e63405.

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“Path integration is a sensorimotor computation that can be used …

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How to learn accurate path integration in ring attractor models of the head direction system?

Pantelis VafidisDavid OwaldTiziano D’AlbisRichard Kempter (2022) Learning accurate path integration in ring attractor models of the head direction system eLife 11:e69841. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.69841

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“Ring attractor models for angular path integration have received strong experimental support. To function as integrators, head …

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How specific firing patterns and oscillatory dynamics in the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus can support both navigation and memory?

Buzsáki, G., Moser, E. Memory, navigation and theta rhythm in the hippocampal-entorhinal system. Nat Neurosci 16, 130–138 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.3304

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“Theories on the functions of the hippocampal system are based largely on two fundamental discoveries: the amnestic consequences …

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How the cross-modal identity of multiple conspecifics are represented in the marmoset hippocampus?

Timothy J Tyree, Michael Metke, Cory T Miller. Cross-Modal Representation of Identity in Primate Hippocampus. bioRxiv 2022.09.12.507611; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.12.507611

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“Faces and voices are the dominant social signals used to recognize individuals amongst human and nonhuman primates 1–5. Yet, …

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What is known about the role of the hippocampus in processing auditory information, and how the hippocampus itself is shaped by sound?

Alexander J. Billig, Meher Lad, William Sedley, Timothy D. Griffiths. The hearing hippocampus. Progress in Neurobiology, Volume 218, 2022, 102326.

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“The hippocampus has a well-established role in spatial and episodic memory but a broader function has been …

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