Category: Neural Basis of Navigation
How does the brain encode head motion?
Jean Laurens, Dora E. Angelaki. Simple spike dynamics of Purkinje cells in the macaque vestibulo-cerebellum during passive whole-body self-motion. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Jan 2020, 201915873; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1915873117
Significance
“This study characterizes the response dynamics …
How spatial information is dynamically reactivated in sub-regions of the human MTL and how this reactivation guides recall of episodic information
Nora A. Herweg, Ashwini D. Sharan, Michael R. Sperling, Armin Brandt, Andreas Schulze-Bonhage and Michael J. Kahana. Reactivated spatial context guides episodic recall. Journal of Neuroscience 23 January 2020, 1640-19; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1640-19.2019
Abstract
“The medial temporal lobe (MTL) is …
How does the brain’s compass system work in insects and mammals?
Hulse, Brad K., and Vivek Jayaraman. “Mechanisms Underlying the Neural Computation of Head Direction.” Annual Review of Neuroscience 43 (2019).
Abstract
“Many animals use an internal sense of direction to guide their movements through the world. …
How does the brain process the scale from a computational perspective?
Nicolai Waniek. Transition Scale-Spaces: A Computational Theory for the Discretized Entorhinal Cortex. Neural Computation 2020 32:2, 330-394
Abstract
“Although hippocampal grid cells are thought to be crucial for spatial navigation, their computational purpose remains disputed. Recently, they were proposed …
How to achieve stable dynamics in neural circuits?
Leo Kozachkov, Mikael Lundqvist, Jean-Jacques Slotine, Earl K. Miller. Achieving stable dynamics in neural circuits. bioRxiv 2020.01.17.910174; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.17.910174
Abstract
“The brain consists of many interconnected networks with time-varying, partially autonomous activity. There are multiple sources of noise and …
How an ant navigates the desert?
Rüdiger Wehner. Desert Navigator: The Journey of an Ant [M]. Harvard University Press, 2020.
About the Book
“A world-renowned researcher of animal behavior reveals the extraordinary orienteering skills of desert ants, offering a thrilling account of the sophisticated ways insects …
How the human brain codes for current remote spatial target locations?
Tsitsiklis, Melina, Jonathan Miller, Salman E. Qasim, Cory S. Inman, Robert E. Gross, Jon R. Willie, Elliot H. Smith et al. “Single-neuron representations of spatial memory targets in humans.” BioRxiv (2019): 523753.
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