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Grid cell symmetry is shaped by environmental geometry

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  • Julija Krupic

    (University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

  • Marius Bauza

    (University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

  • Stephen Burton

    (University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

  • Caswell Barry

    (University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

  • John O’Keefe

    (University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK
    Sainsbury Wellcome Centre, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK)

Abstract

Neuronal grid cells fire in a spatial grid pattern laid out across the surface of a familiar environment, however the role of environmental boundaries in the construction of this pattern is not well understood; this study shows that the grid pattern orients to the walls of polarized environments such as squares but not circles and that the hexagonal grid symmetry is permanently broken in highly polarized environments such as trapezoids.

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  • Julija Krupic & Marius Bauza & Stephen Burton & Caswell Barry & John O’Keefe, 2015. "Grid cell symmetry is shaped by environmental geometry," Nature, Nature, vol. 518(7538), pages 232-235, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:518:y:2015:i:7538:d:10.1038_nature14153
    DOI: 10.1038/nature14153
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    1. Laurenz Muessig & Fabio Ribeiro Rodrigues & Tale L. Bjerknes & Benjamin W. Towse & Caswell Barry & Neil Burgess & Edvard I. Moser & May-Britt Moser & Francesca Cacucci & Thomas J. Wills, 2024. "Environment geometry alters subiculum boundary vector cell receptive fields in adulthood and early development," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-17, December.
    2. Patrick A. LaChance & Michael E. Hasselmo, 2024. "Distinct codes for environment structure and symmetry in postrhinal and retrosplenial cortices," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.
    3. Tiziano D’Albis & Richard Kempter, 2017. "A single-cell spiking model for the origin of grid-cell patterns," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(10), pages 1-41, October.
    4. Lajos Vágó & Balázs B Ujfalussy, 2018. "Robust and efficient coding with grid cells," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(1), pages 1-28, January.
    5. Simon N Weber & Henning Sprekeler, 2019. "A local measure of symmetry and orientation for individual spikes of grid cells," PLOS Computational Biology, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(2), pages 1-21, February.
    6. Kyerl Park & Yoonsoo Yeo & Kisung Shin & Jeehyun Kwag, 2024. "Egocentric neural representation of geometric vertex in the retrosplenial cortex," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.

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