New model for the origin of grid cells

Friday, July 21, 2017 - 05:32 in Biology & Nature

Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich neurobiologists present a new theory for the origin of the grid cells required for spatial orientation in the mammalian brain, which assigns a vital role to the timing of trains of signals they receive from neurons called place cells.

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