Nai-Wen Tien

Activation of the medial entorhinal cortex drives memory-guided navigation behavior

This study shows that spatially consistent activation of the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) biases reward-predictive behaviors and supports memory-guided navigation.

Slow synaptic plasticity from the hippocampus underlies gradual mapping and fragmentation of novel spaces by grid cells

The paper shows that slow hippocampus-to-entorhinal plasticity underlies gradual grid cell map formation and fragmentation in novel environments through longitudinal imaging and modeling.

A consistent map in the medial entorhinal cortex supports spatial memory

The paper shows that a consistent spatial map in the medial entorhinal cortex is necessary for successful spatial memory in mice.

Brain-wide neural activity underlying memory-guided movement

The paper records brain-wide neural activity in mice during a memory-guided task, showing distributed coding of choice and action across brain regions.

Layer-specific developmentally precise axon targeting of transient suppressed-by-contrast retinal ganglion cells (tSbC RGCs)

This paper identifies a unique retinal ganglion cell type, tSbC RGCs, and maps their precise axon projections to specific brain regions with developmental precision.