Nucleus reuniens of the thalamus contains head direction cells

Nucleus reuniens of the thalamus contains head direction cells

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. We describe, for the first time, a population of head direction cells in nucleus reuniens of the thalamus in the freely-movi...

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Main Authors: Maciej M Jankowski, Md Nurul Islam, Nicholas F Wright, Seralynne D Vann, Jonathan T Erichsen, John P Aggleton, Shane M O'Mara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2014-07-01
Series:eLife
Subjects:
head direction cell
neurophysiology
synaptic transmission
Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/03075
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Summary: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. We describe, for the first time, a population of head direction cells in nucleus reuniens of the thalamus in the freely-moving rat. This novel subcortical head direction signal potentially modulates the hippocampal CA fields directly and, thus, informs spatial processing and memory.
ISSN:2050-084X

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