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Supramammillary regulation of locomotion and hippocampal activity
- Source :
- Science
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 2021.
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Abstract
- Locomotion-related signals in the brain To calculate where we are in space, continuous knowledge of one’ s speed is necessary. How does the brain know how fast the body is traveling during locomotion? Using in vivo calcium imaging, electrophysiology, optogenetics, cell tracing, and histology, Farrell et al . identified neurons in the rodent supramammillary nucleus of the hypothalamus that encode future locomotor speed and potently drive locomotion when stimulated. Because these locomotor neurons have extensive axons in brain areas that support spatial navigation, this cell type distributes this information selectively to areas that require knowledge of speed. This nucleus is functionally positioned between input from a higher-order cognitive center and the downstream midbrain where locomotor nuclei reside. —PRS
Details
- ISSN :
- 10959203 and 00368075
- Volume :
- 374
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....cd1805ac90d18fe81ee9bb32507a0648