Head direction cells and the neural mechanisms of spatial orientation / edited by Sidney I. Wiener and Jeffrey S. Taube.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Taube, Jeffrey S., editor.

Wiener, Sidney I., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Head.

Neurons.

Space perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 480 pages) : illustrations

Other Title:

MIT Press CogNet.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2005]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Head direction cells - neurons that fire only when an animal orients its head in a certain direction - are found in several different brain areas, with different neurons selective for different head orientations; they are influenced by landmarks as well as motor and vestibular information concerning how the head moves through space. These properties suggest that head direction cells play an important role in determining orientation in space and in navigation. Moreover, the prominence, strength, and clarity of head direction signals indicate their importance over the course of evolution and suggest that they can serve as a vital key for understanding brain function. This book presents the latest findings on head direction cells in a comprehensive treatment that will be a valuable reference for students and researchers in the cognitive sciences, neuroscience, computational science, and robotics.

The book begins by presenting head direction cell properties and an anatomical framework of the head direction system. It then looks at the types of sensory and motor information that control head direction cell firing, covering topics including the integration of diverse signals; the relationship between head direction cell activity and an animal's spatial behavior; and spatial and directional orientation in nonhuman primates and humans. The book concludes with a tutorial demonstrating the implementation of the continuous attractor network, a computational model of head direction cells, and an application of this approach for a navigational system for mobile robots.

Contents:

Foreword: History of the Discovery of Head Direction Cells / James B. Ranck Jr. xi

I Representations of Directional Orientation: Head Direction Cell Properties and Anatomy 1

1 Regional Distribution and Variation in the Firing Properties of Head Direction Cells / Patricia E. Sharp 3

2 Neuroanatomy of Head Direction Cell Circuits / David A. Hopkins 17

3 Head Direction Cell Activity: Landmark Control and Responses in Three Dimensions / Jeffrey S. Taube 45

4 How Visual Cues Control Preferred Directions in Head Direction Cells / Michael B. Zugaro, Sidney I. Wiener 69

5 Head Direction Signal Generation: Ascending and Descending Information Streams / Joshua P. Bassett, Jeffrey S. Taube 83

II Influence of Vestibular and Motor Cues on Head Direction Cells and Place Cells 111

6 Vestibular and Motor Processing for Head Direction Signals / Stefan Glasauer 113

7 Self-Motion Cues and Resolving Intermodality Conflicts: Head Direction Cells, Place Cells, and Behavior / Robert W. Stackman, Michael B. Zugaro 137

8 Coupling between Head Direction Cells and Place Cells: Influences of Landmarks, Self-Motion, and Intrinsic Circuitry / James J. Knierim 163

9 Directional Responses in Place Cells / Nicolas Brunel, Robert U. Muller 187

III Relations Between the Head Direction System, Spatial Orientation, and Behavior 201

10 Head Direction Codes in Hippocampal Afferent and Efferent Systems: What Functions Do They Serve? / Sheri J. Y. Mizumori, Corey B. Puryear, Katherine M. Gill, Alex Guazzelli 203

11 What Does the Head Direction Cell System Actually Do? / Paul A. Dudchenko, Gary M. Muir, Russell J. Frohardt, Jeffrey S. Taube 221

12 Behavioral Studies of Directional Orientation in Developing and Adult Animals / Sidney I. Wiener, Francoise Schenk 247

13 Cognitive Deficits Induced by Lesions of Structures Containing Head Direction Cells / John P. Aggleton 275

IV Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Orientation in Nonhuman Primates and Humans 297

14 Head Direction and Spatial View Cells in Primates, and Brain Mechanisms for Path Integration and Episodic Memory / Edmund T. Rolls 299

15 Posterior Cortical Processing of Self-Movement Cues: MSTd's Role in Papez's Circuit for Navigation and Orientation / Charles J. Duffy, William K. Page, Michael T. Froehler 319

16 Vestibular, Proprioceptive, and Visual Influences on the Perception of Orientation and Self-Motion in Humans / Isabelle Israel, William H. Warren 347

17 Head Direction Control during Active Locomotion in Humans / Halim Hicheur, Stefan Glasauer, Stephane Vieilledent, Alain Berthoz 383

V Theoretical Studies and Neural Network Models of the Head Direction System 409

18 Attractor Network Models of Head Direction Cells / David S. Touretzky 411

19 Head Direction Cells and Place Cells in Models for Navigation and Robotic Applications / Angelo Arleo, Wulfram Gerstner 433

20 Head Direction Cells and Neural Bases of Spatial Orientation: Synthesis and Future Perspectives / Sidney I. Wiener 459.

Notes:

"A Bradford book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Head direction cells and the neural mechanisms of spatial orientation.

ISBN:

9780262286169

0262286165

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