Category: Neural Basis of Navigation

What are the neural dynamics and architecture of the heading direction circuit in a vertebrate brain?

Luigi Petrucco, Hagar Lavian, You Kure Wu, Fabian Svara, Vilim Štih, Ruben Portugues. Neural dynamics and architecture of the heading direction circuit in a vertebrate brain. bioRxiv 2022.04.27.489672; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.27.489672

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“Animals can use different strategies to navigate. They …

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How does the brain translate experiences into structured knowledge that allows us to navigate to achieve goals?

Corey Fernandez, Jiefeng Jiang, Shao-Fang Wang, Hannah Choi, Anthony D Wagner. Representational integration and differentiation in the human hippocampus following goal-directed navigation. bioRxiv 2022.04.12.488078; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.12.488078

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“As we learn, dynamic memory processes build structured knowledge across our experiences. …

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How does the brain make flexible navigation decisions based on mixed visual and memory representations?

Shinichiro Kira, Houman Safaai, Ari S. Morcos, Stefano Panzeri, Christopher D. Harvey. A distributed and efficient population code of mixed selectivity neurons for flexible navigation decisions. bioRxiv 2022.04.10.487349; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.04.10.487349

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“Decision-making requires flexibility to rapidly switch sensorimotor …

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How does the hippocampus rapidly consolidates novel information for spatial navigation?

Brad E. Pfeiffer. Spatial learning drives rapid goal representation in hippocampal ripples without place field accumulation or goal-oriented theta sequences. Journal of Neuroscience 8 April 2022, JN-RM-2479-21; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2479-21.2022

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“The hippocampus is critical for rapid acquisition of …

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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.

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“The representation …

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How do freely flying bats keep a stable hippocampal code for navigation in changing environments?

William A. Liberti III, Tobias A. Schmid, Angelo Forli, Madeleine Snyder & Michael M. Yartsev. A stable hippocampal code in freely flying bats. Nature (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-04560-0

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“Neural activity in the hippocampus is known to reflect how animals move …

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How population-level heading responses are aligned to visual input?

Kevin K. Sit, Michael J. Goard. Coregistration of heading to visual cues in retrosplenial cortex. bioRxiv 2022.03.25.485865; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.25.485865

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“Spatial cognition depends on an accurate representation of orientation within an environment. Head direction cells in distributed brain regions …

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