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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Main Authors: Benjamin J Clark, Jeffrey S Taube
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncir.2012.00007/full