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1. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   Grid and Nongrid Cells in Medial Entorhinal Cortex Represent Spatial Location and Environmental Features with Complementary Coding Schemes

   Diehl, Hon, Leutgeb and Leutgeb · Neuron · 2017

   Recordings in the medial entorhinal cortex found a large group of nongrid spatial cells that, unlike grid cells, reorganised their firing when environmental features changed, suggesting complementary coding.

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   1. UncheckedBesides grid, border and head-direction cells, nearly all the other roughly two-thirds of medial entorhinal cortex cells were classed as spatially selective.“Here we find that in addition to these well-characterized classes, nearly all of the remaining two-thirds of mEC cells can be categorized as spatially selective.”
   2. Unchecked“However, in response to manipulations of environmental features, such as box shape or box color, nongrid spatial cells completely reorganized their spatial firing patterns.”
   3. UncheckedWhen box shape or colour changed, grid cells kept their spatial alignment and mostly responded by shifting firing rates across their grid fields.“At the same time, grid cells retained their spatial alignment and predominantly responded with redistributed firing rates across their grid fields.”