Author:
Muessig Laurenz,Rodrigues Fabio Ribeiro,Bjerknes Tale,Towse Ben,Barry Caswell,Burgess Neil,Moser Edvard I.,Moser May-Britt,Cacucci Francesca,Wills Thomas J.
Abstract
AbstractBoundaries to movement form a specific class of landmark information used for navigation: Boundary Vector Cells (BVCs) are neurons which encode an animal’s location as a vector displacement from boundaries. Here we report the first objective characterisation of the prevalence and spatial tuning of subiculum BVCs. Manipulations of boundary geometry reveal two novel features of BVC firing. Firstly, BVC directional tunings align with environment walls in squares, but are uniformly distributed in circles, demonstrating that environmental geometry alters BVC receptive fields. Secondly, inserted barriers uncover both excitatory and inhibitory components to BVC receptive fields, demonstrating that inhibitory inputs contribute to BVC field formation. During post-natal development, subiculum BVCs mature slowly, contrasting with the earlier maturation of boundary-responsive cells in upstream Entorhinal Cortex. However, Subiculum and Entorhinal BVC receptive fields are altered by boundary geometry as early as tested, suggesting this is an inherent feature of the hippocampal representation of space.
Publisher
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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