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ArticleNature communications2024

Uncovering 2-D toroidal representations in grid cell ensemble activity during 1-D behavior.

Erik Hermansen, David A Klindt, Benjamin A Dunn

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. A neural manifold view of the brain.Nature neuroscience · 2025
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  5. Nonlinear manifolds underlie neural population activity during behaviour.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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3 authors.

Erik HermansenDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. erik.hermansen@ntnu.no.ORCID 0000-0001-9624-4349
David A KlindtDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway.
Benjamin A DunnDepartment of Mathematical Sciences, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. benjamin.dunn@ntnu.no.ORCID 0000-0002-3287-4744

Funding

Norges Forskningsråd (Research Council of Norway) 325114
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Minimal experiments, such as head-fixed wheel-running and sleep, offer experimental advantages but restrict the amount of observable behavior, making it difficult to classify functional cell types. Arguably, the grid cell, and its striking periodicity, would not have been discovered without the perspective provided by free behavior in an open environment. Here, we show that by shifting the focus from single neurons to populations, we change the minimal experimental complexity required. We identify grid cell modules and show that the activity covers a similar, stable toroidal state space during wheel running as in open field foraging. Trajectories on grid cell tori correspond to single trial runs in virtual reality and path integration in the dark, and the alignment of the representation rapidly shifts with changes in experimental conditions. Thus, we provide a methodology to discover and study complex internal representations in even the simplest of experiments.

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Grid CellsAnimalsBehavior, AnimalMaleMiceModels, NeurologicalNeuronsVirtual Reality

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PMID38926360
PMCPMC11208534

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