Nature Communications (Jul 2017)

Activity dependent feedback inhibition may maintain head direction signals in mouse presubiculum

  • Jean Simonnet,
  • Mérie Nassar,
  • Federico Stella,
  • Ivan Cohen,
  • Bertrand Mathon,
  • Charlotte N. Boccara,
  • Richard Miles,
  • Desdemona Fricker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16032
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Head direction is encoded by cells in the presubiculum, but the role of local circuitry in head direction encoding remains unknown. Here the authors demonstrate how a specific inhibitory neuron type, the Martinotti cell, together with excitatory pyramidal cells supports head direction signals.