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ReviewJournal of neurophysiology2018

Neural mechanisms of navigation involving interactions of cortical and subcortical structures.

James R Hinman, Holger Dannenberg, Andrew S Alexander, Michael E Hasselmo

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Review in Journal of neurophysiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Neural correlates of spatial orientation in a territorial frog Allobates femoralis.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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  7. Navigating Like a Fly:International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  18. The role of the fornix in human navigational learning.Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior · 2020
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  19. CBInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

James R HinmanCenter for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University , Boston, Massachusetts.
Holger DannenbergCenter for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University , Boston, Massachusetts.
Andrew S AlexanderCenter for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University , Boston, Massachusetts.
Michael E HasselmoCenter for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University , Boston, Massachusetts.

Funding

NEUROMODULATION AND CORTICAL MEMORY FUNCTIONR01MH060013 · NIMH · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI HASSELMO, MICHAEL E · 2000 to 2019
$6.8M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH060013
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animals must perform spatial navigation for a range of different behaviors, including selection of trajectories toward goal locations and foraging for food sources. To serve this function, a number of different brain regions play a role in coding different dimensions of sensory input important for spatial behavior, including the entorhinal cortex, the retrosplenial cortex, the hippocampus, and the medial septum. This article will review data concerning the coding of the spatial aspects of animal behavior, including location of the animal within an environment, the speed of movement, the trajectory of movement, the direction of the head in the environment, and the position of barriers and objects both relative to the animal's head direction (egocentric) and relative to the layout of the environment (allocentric). The mechanisms for coding these important spatial representations are not yet fully understood but could involve mechanisms including integration of self-motion information or coding of location based on the angle of sensory features in the environment. We will review available data and theories about the mechanisms for coding of spatial representations. The computation of different aspects of spatial representation from available sensory input requires complex cortical processing mechanisms for transformation from egocentric to allocentric coordinates that will only be understood through a combination of neurophysiological studies and computational modeling.

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Spatial NavigationAnimalsHead MovementsLocomotionSensorimotor CortexSeptum of Brainboundary cellsentorhinal cortexgrid cellshead direction cellsspeed cells

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PMID29442559
PMCPMC6032120

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