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ArticleNature2024

Transforming a head direction signal into a goal-oriented steering command.

Elena A Westeinde, Emily Kellogg, Paul M Dawson, Jenny Lu, Lydia Hamburg, Benjamin Midler, Shaul Druckmann, Rachel I Wilson

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Article in Nature, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Elena A WesteindeDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9467-7853
Emily KelloggDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Paul M DawsonDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jenny LuDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9979-6675
Lydia HamburgDepartment of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Benjamin MidlerDepartment of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.
Shaul DruckmannDepartment of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0068-3377
Rachel I WilsonDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. rachel_wilson@hms.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-8573-9266

Funding

Project 4: Neural Basis of Behavioral SequencesU19NS104655 · NINDS · CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI CLANDININ, THOMAS ROBERT, DICKINSON, MICHAEL H · 2017 to 2021
$14.6M
NINDS NIH HHS U19 NS104655
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To navigate, we must continuously estimate the direction we are headed in, and we must correct deviations from our goal

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BrainDrosophila melanogasterGoalsHeadNeuronsOrientation, SpatialSpatial NavigationAnimalsConnectomeLocomotionTime Factors

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PMID38326621
PMCPMC10881397

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