Douglas A. Nitz

This paper develops a VAE model with RNNs to study neural mechanisms of perspective transformation between first-person and global map views, finding that temporal sequences and proximal cues are critical.

The paper shows posterior parietal cortex neurons generalize route progress mapping across routes with the same shape but opposite action sequences.

The paper identifies separate neural populations in the subiculum that encode concave and convex environmental corners.

This study investigates how posterior parietal cortex encodes self-motion during different navigational tasks in rats, finding that task context modulates sensitivity and dynamic range of self-motion processing.

The paper examines subiculum neuron activity during a spatial working memory task, finding they encode structural features of complex environments differently than CA1 neurons.

The paper identifies non-canonical synaptic connections from ventral CA1 and subicular complex to CA3, expanding the traditional trisynaptic pathway in the hippocampal formation.

This study shows that secondary motor cortex neurons encode planned and current turning actions during navigation, integrating environmental context to update movement plans.

This study shows retrosplenial cortex neurons encode route sub-spaces and distance travelled through periodic activation patterns in rats.