Rethinking retrosplenial cortex: perspectives and predictions

AS Alexander, R Place, MJ Starrett, ER Chrastil… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
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 …

Gated transformations from egocentric to allocentric reference frames involving retrosplenial cortex, entorhinal cortex, and hippocampus

AS Alexander, JC Robinson, CE Stern… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

[HTML][HTML] Multisensory coding of angular head velocity in the retrosplenial cortex

S Keshavarzi, EF Bracey, RA Faville, D Campagner… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
To successfully navigate the environment, animals depend on their ability to continuously
track their heading direction and speed. Neurons that encode angular head velocity (AHV) …

[HTML][HTML] Shared and specialized coding across posterior cortical areas for dynamic navigation decisions

SY Tseng, SN Chettih, C Arlt, R Barroso-Luque… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Animals adaptively integrate sensation, planning, and action to navigate toward goal
locations in ever-changing environments, but the functional organization of cortex …

Direct cortical inputs to hippocampal area CA1 transmit complementary signals for goal-directed navigation

JC Bowler, A Losonczy - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The subregions of the entorhinal cortex (EC) are conventionally thought to compute
dichotomous representations for spatial processing, with the medial EC (MEC) providing a …

Analysis methods for large-scale neuronal recordings

C Stringer, M Pachitariu - Science, 2024 - science.org
Simultaneous recordings from hundreds or thousands of neurons are becoming routine
because of innovations in instrumentation, molecular tools, and data processing software …

Reward association enhances stimulus-specific representations in primary visual cortex

JU Henschke, E Dylda, D Katsanevaki, N Dupuy… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
The potential for neuronal representations of external stimuli to be modified by previous
experience is critical for efficient sensory processing and improved behavioral outcomes. To …

[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 …

Distance-tuned neurons drive specialized path integration calculations in medial entorhinal cortex

MG Campbell, A Attinger, SA Ocko, S Ganguli… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
During navigation, animals estimate their position using path integration and landmarks,
engaging many brain areas. Whether these areas follow specialized or universal cue …

Differential dendritic integration of long-range inputs in association cortex via subcellular changes in synaptic AMPA-to-NMDA receptor ratio

M Lafourcade, MSH van der Goes, D Vardalaki… - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Synaptic NMDA receptors can produce powerful dendritic supralinearities that expand the
computational repertoire of single neurons and their respective circuits. This form of …