Neuronal representation of environmental boundaries in egocentric coordinates

The hippocampus represents an allocentric map of space, however, motor movements used for navigation are defined in an egocentric framework. Here, the authors report that dorsomedial striatal neurons exhibit an egocentric representation of the boundaries in the environment.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: James R. Hinman, G. William Chapman, Michael E. Hasselmo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10722-y