The place-cell representation of volumetric space in rats

Roddy M. Grieves; Selim Jedidi-Ayoub; Karyna Mishchanchuk; Anyi Liu; Sophie Renaudineau; Kate J. Jeffery

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14611-7

Nature Communications (Feb 2020)

The place-cell representation of volumetric space in rats

Roddy M. Grieves,
Selim Jedidi-Ayoub,
Karyna Mishchanchuk,
Anyi Liu,
Sophie Renaudineau,
Kate J. Jeffery

Affiliations

Roddy M. Grieves: University College London, Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology
Selim Jedidi-Ayoub: University College London, Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology
Karyna Mishchanchuk: University College London, Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology
Anyi Liu: University College London, Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology
Sophie Renaudineau: University College London, Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology
Kate J. Jeffery: University College London, Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience, Department of Experimental Psychology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14611-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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How the brain represents 3D space is poorly understood but important for understanding spatial cognition. Here the authors record place cells in rats climbing through a 3D environment and report that they represent this space with 3D fields that are elongated along the axes of the environment and encode the vertical dimension less accurately.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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