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grid cell  

Definition

  • Neuron in the entorhinal cortex that fires when the animal is in different places. All these positions form a hexagonal grid. The grid cells are thought to make it possible to code a global map of the environment.

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  • • Dong, L. L., & Fiete, I. R. (in press). Grid cells in cognition: Mechanisms and function. Annual Review of Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-neuro-101323-112047

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Hafting, T., Fyhn, M., Molden, S., Moser, M.-B., & Moser, E. I. (2005). Microstructure of a spatial map in the entorhinal cortex. Nature, 436(7052), 801–806. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature03721

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Moser, E., & Moser, M.-B. (2007). Grid cells. Scholarpedia, 2(7), 3394. https://doi.org/10.4249/scholarpedia.3394

    [Study type: literature review / Access: open]

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  • Frank Arnould

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