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...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2014-07-01
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Series: | eLife |
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Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/03075 |
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. |
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ISSN: | 2050-084X |