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The formation of cognitive maps of adjacent environments: Evidence from the head direction cell system.

Dudchenko, Paul A., Zinyuk, Larissa E.·2005·Behavioral Neuroscience

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In 2 experiments the authors tested whether the head direction (HD) cell system underlies a sense of direction maintained across environments. In Experiment 1, HD neurons failed to maintain their firing directions across T mazes in adjacent environments but rather reoriented to the T maze within each environment. Such reorientation suggests that familiar landmarks override an internal directional sense, so in Experiment 2 the authors recorded HD neurons as rats walked between novel and familiar "rooms" of a 4-chamber apparatus. In novel rooms, HD neurons maintained the firing direction of the preceding environment. However, in familiar rooms, HD neuron firing directions shifted to agree with the landmarks therein. With repeated experience, a homogeneous representation of all rooms developed in a subset of the rats.

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Authors
Dudchenko, P. A., & Zinyuk, L. E.
Affiliations
  • University of Stirling (GB)
  • University of Bristol (GB)
Venue
Behavioral Neuroscience
Published
2005
Volume
119
Issue
6
Pages
1511-1523
ISSN
  • 0735-7044 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-0084
OpenAlex
W2014842384
Cited by
41
References
45
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 2
FWCI
2.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Behavioral Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Stirling Online Research Repository (University of Stirling) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Automotive Engineering › Spatial Cognition and Navigation
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vestibular and auditory disorders
Keywords
head direction cells, cognitive maps, spatial navigation, sense of direction, T-maze, rats
MeSH terms
Action Potentials, Animals, Behavior, Animal, Brain, Brain Mapping, Choice Behavior, Cognition, Environment, Male, Neurons, Orientation, Space Perception, Maze Learning, Head Movements, Recognition, Psychology, Rats

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