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Sunday, April 14, 2013

Head Direction Cell Activity Recorded During Alteration of Geomagnetic Field Polarity


Valerie L. Tryon  , Adam A. Housh , Jeff H. Parrish , Shelly R. Staley , Talal J. Zafar , April M. Unruh, Esther U. Kim , William DeGraffenreid , and Jeffrey L. Calton 

Head direction (HD) cells encode the direction Head direction (HD) cells encode the direction the head is pointing in the horizontal plane.

These neurons respond to orienting cues in the environment and have been hypothesized to play an important role in the brain circuitry mediating accurate spatial navigation.






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