Jalina A. Graham, Julie R. Dumont, Shawn S. Winter, Joel E. Brown, Patrick A. LaChance, Carly C. Amon, Kara B. Farnes, Ashlyn J. Morris, Nicholas A. Streltzov, Jeffrey S. Taube. Angular head velocity cells within brainstem nuclei projecting to the …
Celia M. Gagliardi, Marc E. Normandin, Alexandra T. Keinath, Joshua B. Julian, Matthew R. Lopez, Manuel-Miguel Ramos-Alvarez, Russell A. Epstein, and Isabel A. Muzzio. Distinct neural mechanisms for heading retrieval and context recognition in the hippocampus during spatial reorientation. …
Mona M. Garvert, Tankred Saanum, Eric Schulz, Nicolas W. Schuck & Christian F. Doeller. Hippocampal spatio-predictive cognitive maps adaptively guide reward generalization. Nat Neurosci (2023).
Abstract
“The brain forms cognitive maps of relational knowledge—an organizing principle thought to underlie …
Zaki Ajabi, Alexandra T. Keinath, Xue-Xin Wei & Mark P. Brandon. Population dynamics of head-direction neurons during drift and reorientation. Nature (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05813-2
Abstract
“The head direction (HD) system functions as the brain’s internal compass1,2, classically formalized as a …
Raphael Heldman, Dongyan Pang, Xiaoliang Zhao, Yingxue Wang. A CA1 circuit motif that signals the start of information integration. bioRxiv 2023.03.12.532295; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.12.532295
Abstract
“Integrating information from the recent past is critical for guiding predictions and shaping behavior…
Wenbo Tang, Justin D. Shin, Shantanu P. Jadhav. Geometric transformation of cognitive maps for generalization across hippocampal-prefrontal circuits. Cell Reports 42, 112246, March 28, 2023.
Summary
“The ability to abstract information to guide decisions during navigation across changing …
Daisuke Kawahara, Shigeyoshi Fujisawa. Estimation of animal location from grid cell population activity using persistent cohomology. bioRxiv 2023.01.10.523361; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.10.523361
Abstract
“Many cognitive functions are represented as cell assemblies. For example, the population activity of place cells in the …
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