Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Froehler, Michael T.
• Duffy, Charles J.

Titel

Cortical Neurons Encoding Path and Place: Where You Go Is Where You Are

Ist Teil von

• Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2002-03, Vol.295 (5564), p.2462-2465

Ort / Verlag

Washington, DC: American Society for the Advancement of Science

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Quelle

Science Online_科学在线

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We recorded neuronal activity in monkey medial superior temporal (MST) cortex during movement on a motorized sled. Most neurons showed a preferred heading direction, but some responded only when that heading was part of a particular path. Others responded only when the animal was at a certain place in the room, regardless of its path to that place. Video simulations of the self-movement scene evoked path, but not place, responses. Stationary positioning in the room revealed location preferences that matched place preferences recorded during movement. We conclude that MST encodes heading, path, and place information to support visuospatial orientation.