Grid Cells (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Grid Cells

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The entorhinal cortex is a part of the neocortex that represents space by way of brain cells that have GPS-like properties. Each cell describes the environment as a hexagonal grid mesh, earning them the name 'grid cells'. The panels show a bird's-eye view of a rat's recorded movements (grey trace) in a 2.2x2.2 m box. Each panel shows the activity of one grid cell (blue dots) with a particular map resolution as the animal moved through the environment.

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Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, NTNU

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