The head-direction signal is generated from two types of head direction cells in brainstem nuclei [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsHead direction (HD) cells discharge based on an animal’s directional heading. Computational models propose that a ring-attractor network across the connections between the lateral mammillary (LMN) and dorsal tegmental nuclei (DTN) underlies the signal’s ...
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Retrosplenial and postsubicular head direction cells compared during visual landmark discrimination [PDF]
Brain and Neuroscience Advances, 2017 Background: Visual landmarks are used by head direction (HD) cells to establish and help update the animal’s representation of head direction, for use in orientation and navigation.
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Intrinsic Bipolar Head‐Direction Cells in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex [PDF]
Advanced ScienceHead‐direction (HD) cells are a fundamental component in the hippocampal‐entorhinal circuit for spatial navigation and help maintain an internal sense of direction to anchor the orientation in space. A classical HD cell robustly increases its firing rate
Xiaoyang Long +5 more
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Nucleus reuniens of the thalamus contains head direction cells [PDF]
eLife, 2014 Discrete populations of brain cells signal heading direction, rather like a compass. These ‘head direction’ cells are largely confined to a closely-connected network of sites.
Maciej M Jankowski +6 more
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Sharp Tuning of Head Direction and Angular Head Velocity Cells in the Somatosensory Cortex
Advanced Science, 2022 Head direction (HD) cells form a fundamental component in the brain's spatial navigation system and are intricately linked to spatial memory and cognition.
Xiaoyang Long +9 more
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Grid cells are modulated by local head direction [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 Neurons with grid firing fields are thought to play important roles in spatial cognition. Here, the authors show that in contrast to assumptions underlying current models and analyses, grid fields are modulated by local head direction; this suggests ...
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The Neural Correlates of Spatial Disorientation in Head Direction Cells [PDF]
eneuro, 2022 While the brain has evolved robust mechanisms to counter spatial disorientation, their neural underpinnings remain unknown. To explore these underpinnings, we monitored the activity of anterodorsal thalamic head direction (HD) cells in rats while they underwent unidirectional or bidirectional rotation at different speeds and under different conditions (
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Head direction cells in a migratory bird prefer north [PDF]
Science Advances, 2022 Animals exhibit remarkable navigation abilities as if they have an internal compass. Head direction (HD) cells encoding the animal’s heading azimuth are found in the brain of several animal species; the HD cell signals are dependent on the vestibular nuclei, where magnetic responsive cells are present in birds.
Susumu Takahashi +4 more
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A Positioning Method Based on Place Cells and Head-Direction Cells for Inertial/Visual Brain-Inspired Navigation System [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 Mammals rely on vision and self-motion information in nature to distinguish directions and navigate accurately and stably. Inspired by the mammalian brain neurons to represent the spatial environment, the brain-inspired positioning method based on multi ...
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The Preferred Directions of Conjunctive Grid X Head Direction Cells in the Medial Entorhinal Cortex Are Periodically Organized. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The discovery of speed-modulated grid, head direction, and conjunctive grid x head direction cells in the medial entorhinal cortex has led to the hypothesis that path integration, the updating of one's spatial representation based on movement, may be ...
Alexander Thomas Keinath
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