Angelaki, Dora E., Julia Ng, Amada M. Abrego, Henry X. Cham, J. D. Dickman, and Jean Laurens. “A gravity-based three-dimensional compass in the mouse brain.” bioRxiv (2019): 570382.
Summary
“Head direction cells in the mammalian limbic system are …
Dudchenko, Paul A., Emma R. Wood, and Anna Smith. “A new perspective on the head direction cell system and spatial behavior.” Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews (2019).
Highlights
• Damage to the head direction circuit produces only modest impairments …
Kunz, Lukas, Liang Wang, Daniel Lachner-Piza, Hui Zhang, Armin Brandt, Matthias Dümpelmann, Peter C. Reinacher et al. “Hippocampal theta phases organize the reactivation of large-scale electrophysiological representations during goal-directed navigation.” Science Advances 5, no. 7 (2019): eaav8192.
Abstract
Humans are …
Cox, Brittney M., Conor D. Cox, Benjamin G. Gunn, Aliza A. Le, Victoria C. Inshishian, Christine M. Gall, and Gary Lynch. “Acquisition of temporal order requires an intact CA3 commissural/associational (C/A) feedback system in mice.” Communications Biology 2, no. 1 …
Ronny Rosner, Joss von Hadeln, Ghaith Tarawneh & Jenny C. A. Read. A neuronal correlate of insect stereopsis. Nature Communications volume 10, Article number: 2845 (2019)
Abstract
A puzzle for neuroscience—and robotics—is how insects achieve surprisingly complex behaviours with …
State estimation in high dimensional space is a big challenge problem. Commonly, we use Lie group to implement 6DoF state estimation in 3D space. However, how does the brain implement path integration in 3D space based on neural dynamics?
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Gallego, Juan A., Matthew G. Perich, Lee E. Miller, and Sara A. Solla. “Neural manifolds for the control of movement.” Neuron 94, no. 5 (2017): 978-984.
Abstract
The analysis of neural dynamics in several brain cortices has consistently …
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