Category: Spatial Memory

How the spatial tuning relates to memory for events involving locations?

Qasim, S.E., Miller, J., Inman, C.S. et al. Memory retrieval modulates spatial tuning of single neurons in the human entorhinal cortex. Nat Neurosci (2019) doi:10.1038/s41593-019-0523-z

Abstract
“The medial temporal lobe is critical for both spatial navigation and memory.

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How the cognitive processes of spatial navigation and memory are linked in the brain?

Ethan A. Solomon, Bradley C. Lega, Michael R. Sperling, Michael J. Kahana. Hippocampal theta codes for distances in semantic and temporal spaces. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Nov 2019, 201906729; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1906729116

Significance
The medial temporal

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How the brain represent allocentric (map-based) vectors to boundaries, objects, and goals?

Steven Poulter, Sang Ah Lee, James Dachtler, Thomas J. Wills, Colin Lever. Vector Trace cells in the Subiculum of the Hippocampal formation. bioRxiv 805242; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/805242

Abstract
Successfully navigating in physical or semantic space requires a neural representation

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How abstract and discrete relational structures are represented, combined, and navigated in the human brain?

Seongmin A. Park, Douglas S. Miller, Hamed Nili, Charan Ranganath, Erie D. Boorman. Map making: Constructing, combining, and navigating abstract cognitive maps. bioRxiv 810051; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/810051

ABSTRACT
Cognitive maps are thought to enable model-based inferences from limited experience

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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

Abstract
“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

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

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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

Abstract
“The hippocampus plays a critical role in …

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