The relationship between cortisol, grid-like representations and path integration
Osman Akan, Varnan Chandreswaran, Anne Bierbrauer, Henry David Soldan, Nikolai Axmacher, Oliver Tobias Wolf, Christian Josef Merz
This study shows cortisol impairs path integration by disrupting grid-like representations in the entorhinal cortex, affecting navigational performance.
PLoS Biology · Mar 12, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience