Nature Communications (Apr 2023)

Coregistration of heading to visual cues in retrosplenial cortex

  • Kevin K. Sit,
  • Michael J. Goard

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37704-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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To navigate, animals use visual landmarks to orient themselves within an environment. Here, the authors show how neuronal populations in retrosplenial cortex can use visual input to align the animal’s internal compass to landmarks in the external world