DEC/IBENS seminar - Neural codes for natural navigation in the hippocampal formation of bats

Abstract:

The work in our lab focuses on understanding the neural basis of
spatial memory and spatial cognition – using bats as our animal model.
In my talk I will present some of our recent studies, which explored
the following questions: (i) How does the brain represent positions
and directions in 3D ? A set of studies revealed 3D place cells and 3D
head-directions cells in the bat hippocampal formation. (ii) How are
navigational goals represented in the brain ? We discovered a new kind