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Recurrent circuits within medial entorhinal cortex superficial layers support grid cell firing.

Nature communications | 2018

Specialized cells in the medial entorhinal cortex (mEC), such as speed cells, head direction (HD) cells, and grid cells, are thought to support spatial navigation. To determine whether these computations are dependent on local circuits, we record neuronal activity in mEC layers II and III and optogenetically perturb locally projecting layer II pyramidal cells. We find that sharply tuned HD cells are only weakly responsive while speed, broadly tuned HD cells, and grid cells show pronounced transient excitatory and inhibitory responses. During the brief period of feedback inhibition, there is a reduction in specifically grid accuracy, which is corrected as firing rates return to baseline. These results suggest that sharp HD cells are embedded in a separate mEC sub-network from broad HD cells, speed cells, and grid cells. Furthermore, grid tuning is not only dependent on local processing but also rapidly updated by HD, speed, or other afferent inputs to mEC.

Pubmed ID: 30209250 RIS Download

Associated grants

  • Agency: NIMH NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 MH108594
  • Agency: NIMH NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 MH100349
  • Agency: NIMH NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 MH107742
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS102915
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS086947
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS084324
  • Agency: NINDS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 NS097772

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