RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Angular and Linear Speed Cells in the Parahippocampal Circuits
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 2021.01.28.428631
DO 10.1101/2021.01.28.428631
A1 Davide Spalla
A1 Alessandro Treves
A1 Charlotte N. Boccara
YR 2021
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2021/01/29/2021.01.28.428631.abstract
AB An essential role of the hippocampal region is to integrate information to compute and update representations. How this transpires is highly debated. Many theories hinge on the integration of self-motion signals and the existence of continuous attractor networks (CAN). CAN models hypothesise that neurons coding for navigational correlates – such as position and direction – receive inputs from cells conjunctively coding for position, direction and self-motion. As yet, such conjunctive coding had not been found in the hippocampal region. Here, we report neurons coding for angular and linear velocity, distributed across the medial entorhinal cortex, the presubiculum and the parasubiculum. These self-motion neurons often conjunctively encoded position and/or direction, yet lacked a structured organisation, calling for the revision of current CAN models. These results offer insights as to how linear/angular speed – derivative in time of position/direction – may allow the updating of spatial representations, possibly uncovering a generalised algorithm to update any representation.Competing Interest StatementThe authors have declared no competing interest.