Memory and Neural Mechanisms

This study shows that predictive learning in recurrent neural networks generates Bayesian cognitive maps similar to hippocampal place cell activity, outperforming autoencoders.

The paper develops a behavioural assay to study flexible navigation in mice, showing they learn maze structures quickly and navigate efficiently.

The paper shows that human medial temporal lobe neurons encode letter pairs through a segregated population during working memory, independent of single letter encoding.

The paper identifies reward-ensemble neurons in the hippocampus that show state-dependent coordination with theta-SWR dynamics during spatial working memory.

This paper investigates how retrosplenial cortex encodes goal-relevant spatial information during navigation and foraging in rats, finding task-dependent representations of distance and boundary signals.

This paper proposes a theoretical model of schema learning through low-dimensional neural representations formed during sleep-driven dimensionality reduction.

The paper uses a geometry-aware autoencoder to analyze hippocampal activity in mice, revealing a small-world network structure that enables both local fidelity and global searchability in cognitive maps.

This study identifies a thalamic circuit that biases hippocampal coding toward aversive stimuli and influences approach-avoidance behaviors.

This study investigates the role of hippocampus and prefrontal cortex in memory-guided navigation by testing their contribution during different task phases in mice.

The paper introduces FASTIMAGES, a benchmark dataset combining MEG and fMRI to evaluate replay detection methods in humans, showing method-specific strengths and cross-modality challenges.

The paper develops a task for rats to study self-correction and finds distinct hippocampal representations during this process.

The paper shows that primate amygdala neurons have visual selectivity linked to valence without conditioning, using image-computable models to predict this relationship.

The paper shows that OLM2 interneurons in different hippocampal regions have distinct functions based on their connectivity, influencing behavior and emotional responses differently.

This study shows that hippocampal astrocytes encode context-specific aversive stimuli to regulate fear-related behavior through Ca2+ activity preceding freezing responses.

This paper investigates HC-RE-PFC network dynamics during spatial navigation in rats, finding that beta-band coupling between hippocampus and reuniens emerges during goal-directed learning and correlates with navigational efficiency.

This paper introduces a unified recurrent network model that co-emerges grid and place cells without supervision or pre-existing spatial-cell representations, reproducing experimental observations.

The paper develops a spiking semantic SLAM algorithm for an embodied neural agent and compares its behavior to human spatial memory and neural data in a virtual reality task.

This study uses fMRI to show that a two-dimensional subjective value space is represented in the cognitive mapping system during risky decision-making.

The paper investigates visuospatial coding in the human hippocampus using intracranial EEG during a retinotopic mapping task, finding that slow theta oscillations scale with visual stimulus size and show contralateral bias.

The paper shows that reward-tethered place cells in the hippocampus adjust their activity when reward magnitude changes, enabling flexible coding and remapping while preserving spatial maps.

The paper shows that male and female mice use different synaptic plasticity mechanisms for fear extinction, with males showing structural remodeling and GRIN2B dependence, while females do not.

This study shows that MOV10 loss in mice leads to enhanced fear learning through altered cortical connectivity and increased GABRA2 expression, suggesting new mechanisms for fear memory and potential therapeutic targets.

This study identifies a neural circuit involving the subfornical organ and infralimbic cortex that modulates fear responses to carbon dioxide, linking interoceptive signals to fear behavior.

The paper shows that visual signals reach the hippocampus through a conserved midbrain pathway, enabling spatial maps even after visual cortex ablation.

The paper shows that hippocampal activity during scene encoding reflects the semantic content and temporal order of visual fixations, with first fixations on people being most significant for memory.

This study examines temporal dynamics of neural responses during fear conditioning and extinction by analyzing three 2s segments within CS presentation, revealing distinct activation patterns across and within trials.

The paper shows hippocampal ripples trigger a two-step cortical response during sleep, followed by spindle-mediated network synchronization, and demonstrates this can be detected noninvasively with scalp EEG.

The paper shows that dorsal CA1 pyramidal neurons exhibit left-hemisphere bias and cell-type-specific asymmetry, shaping activity and behavior during rest and exploration.

The paper develops a direction-selective anterograde transsynaptic transduction method to map hippocampal output circuits in mice, focusing on projection targets like the amygdala.

The paper shows that spatial remapping in the hippocampal formation follows low-dimensional geometric transformations across environments.