Visual landmarks sharpen grid cell metric and confer context specificity to neurons of the medial entorhinal cortex

Visual landmarks sharpen grid cell metric and confer context specificity to neurons of the medial entorhinal cortex

Neurons of the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) provide spatial representations critical for navigation. In this network, the periodic firing fields of grid cells act as a metric element for position. The location of the grid firing fields depends on interactions between self-motion information, geome...

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Main Authors: José Antonio Pérez-Escobar, Olga Kornienko, Patrick Latuske, Laura Kohler, Kevin Allen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2016-07-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
grid cell
medial entorhinal cortex
navigation
path integration
speed cells
border cells
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/16937

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https://elifesciences.org/articles/16937

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