1. Direct recordings of grid-like neuronal activity in human spatial navigation
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Jacobs, Joshua, Weidemann, Christoph T., Miller, Jonathan F., Solway, Alec, Burke, John F., Wei, Xue-Xin, Suthana, Nanthia, Sperling, Michael R., Sharan, Ashwini D., Fried, Itzhak, and Kahana, Michael J.
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Neuroscience: Behavioral Neuroscience ,Neuroscience: Brain Imaging ,Psychology: Cognitive Psychology ,Neuroscience: Neurophysiology ,Psychology: Physiological Psychology ,Behavioral Neuroscience ,Brain Imaging ,Cognitive Psychology ,Neurophysiology ,Physiological Psychology - Abstract
Grid cells in the entorhinal cortex appear to represent spatial location via a triangular coordinate system. Such cells, which have been identified in rats, bats and monkeys, are believed to support a wide range of spatial behaviors. Recording neuronal activity from neurosurgical patients performing a virtual-navigation task, we identified cells exhibiting grid-like spiking patterns in the human brain, suggesting that humans and simpler animals rely on homologous spatial-coding schemes.
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- 2013