Rethinking retrosplenial cortex: perspectives and predictions
The last decade has produced exciting new ideas about retrosplenial cortex (RSC) and its
role in integrating diverse inputs. Here, we review the diversity in forms of spatial and …
role in integrating diverse inputs. Here, we review the diversity in forms of spatial and …
Neuronal vector coding in spatial cognition
A Bicanski, N Burgess - Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2020 - nature.com
Several types of neurons involved in spatial navigation and memory encode the distance
and direction (that is, the vector) between an agent and items in its environment. Such …
and direction (that is, the vector) between an agent and items in its environment. Such …
Egocentric boundary vector tuning of the retrosplenial cortex
The retrosplenial cortex is reciprocally connected with multiple structures implicated in
spatial cognition, and damage to the region itself produces numerous spatial impairments …
spatial cognition, and damage to the region itself produces numerous spatial impairments …
Egocentric and allocentric representations of space in the rodent brain
Highlights•Recent studies have discovered egocentric spatial representations coinciding
with classic allocentric representations.•These discoveries support previous theories of …
with classic allocentric representations.•These discoveries support previous theories of …
Microcircuits for spatial coding in the medial entorhinal cortex
The hippocampal formation is critically involved in learning and memory and contains a
large proportion of neurons encoding aspects of the organism's spatial surroundings. In the …
large proportion of neurons encoding aspects of the organism's spatial surroundings. In the …
Gated transformations from egocentric to allocentric reference frames involving retrosplenial cortex, entorhinal cortex, and hippocampus
This paper reviews the recent experimental finding that neurons in behaving rodents show
egocentric coding of the environment in a number of structures associated with the …
egocentric coding of the environment in a number of structures associated with the …
[HTML][HTML] Predictive maps in rats and humans for spatial navigation
Much of our understanding of navigation comes from the study of individual species, often
with specific tasks tailored to those species. Here, we provide a novel experimental and …
with specific tasks tailored to those species. Here, we provide a novel experimental and …
Entorhinal-retrosplenial circuits for allocentric-egocentric transformation of boundary coding
JBG van Wijngaarden, SS Babl, HT Ito - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Spatial navigation requires landmark coding from two perspectives, relying on viewpoint-
invariant and self-referenced representations. The brain encodes information within each …
invariant and self-referenced representations. The brain encodes information within each …
[HTML][HTML] Mechanistic flexibility of the retrosplenial cortex enables its contribution to spatial cognition
M Stacho, D Manahan-Vaughan - Trends in neurosciences, 2022 - cell.com
The retrosplenial cortex (RC) is a brain structure crucial for spatial navigation and memory. It
contains neurons such as head direction cells, border cells, as well as other cells supporting …
contains neurons such as head direction cells, border cells, as well as other cells supporting …
Functional network topography of the medial entorhinal cortex
The medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) creates a map of local space, based on the firing
patterns of grid, head-direction (HD), border, and object-vector (OV) cells. How these cell …
patterns of grid, head-direction (HD), border, and object-vector (OV) cells. How these cell …