Vestibular and Attractor Network Basis of the Head Direction Cell Signal in Subcortical Circuits
Accurate navigation depends on a network of neural systems that encode the moment-to-moment changes in an animal’s directional orientation and location in space. Within this navigation system are head direction (HD) cells, which fire persistently when an animal’s head is pointed in a particular dir...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2012-03-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Neural Circuits |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2012.00007/full |