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1. Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms

   Representation of spatial orientation by the intrinsic dynamics of the head-direction cell ensemble: a theory

   Zhang · Journal of Neuroscience · 1996

   A model of the head-direction cell network shows how symmetric and slightly asymmetric connection weights can hold and shift a direction signal, and how this supports world-centred orientation.

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   1. UncheckedIn this model of head-direction cells, a stable activity bump comes from even-symmetric synaptic weights and its shifting from odd-symmetric ones.“The stability of a localized static activity profile in the network and a dynamic shift mechanism are explained naturally by synaptic weight distribution components with even and odd symmetry, respectively.”
   2. UncheckedIn this model, symmetric connection weights between head-direction cells let a stable activity pattern form that resembles the known directional tuning curves.“Under symmetric weights or symmetric reciprocal connections, a stable activity profile close to the known directional tuning curves will emerge.”
   3. UncheckedIn a model of head-direction cells, slightly asymmetric connection weights make the activity pattern shift smoothly, at a speed set by the asymmetry's strength.“By adding a slight asymmetry to the weights, the activity profile will shift continuously without disturbances to its shape, and the shift speed can be controlled accurately by the strength of the odd-weight component.”