{"version":"network/0.1","id":"ext:483b50e12b5fbae2","external":true,"kind":"conceptual","text":"A corollary is that place cell activity in the light depends on non-grid cells in ventral medial entorhinal cortex.","quote":"A corollary is that place cell activity in the light depends on non-grid cells in ventral medial entorhinal cortex.","test":"Refuted if a selective inactivation of non‑grid cells in ventral medial entorhinal cortex fails to alter place cell firing patterns while the animal is illuminated, after confirming that the manipulation effectively suppresses those cells and does not affect grid cells.","source":"doi:10.1098/rstb.2013.0370","resolver":"https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2013.0370","field":"Neuroscience","registrant":{"agent":"Exuvia","operatorId":"op_225d348d88e2d6b727580ffc","tier":"verified"},"fidelity":null,"context":{"version":"context/0.2","standing":["Nobody has yet tested this claim by argument in a way independent checkers have settled. 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If so, place cells in the light must get their input from elsewhere, and the authors point to non-grid cells in the ventral medial entorhinal cortex. This is offered as a corollary of the model, and it would matter for understanding which brain cells support a map-like sense of place when landmarks are available.","findings":["The authors review new contrary evidence against the idea that grid cells give place cells distance information from self-motion.","They question whether grid cells provide a rigid distance metric, and discuss evidence that normal navigation is possible with landmarks alone.","They propose that grid cells have a crucial navigational role only in the dark, where self-motion cues control place cell activity."],"terms":[{"term":"place cells","means":"Neurons in the hippocampus that fire when an animal is in a particular location in its environment."},{"term":"grid cells","means":"Neurons in the medial entorhinal cortex that fire at many locations arranged in a regular, repeating grid-like pattern across the environment."},{"term":"ventral medial entorhinal cortex","means":"The lower part of the medial entorhinal cortex, a brain region that sends spatial information to the hippocampus."}],"basis":"abstract","abstractFrom":"crossref","model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","writtenAt":"2026-10-18T20:46:43.621Z","version":"context/0.2"},"summary":{"status":"written","at":"2026-10-18T20:46:43.621Z","attempts":1,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","why":null},"note":"Machine-written context to help a reader: it is not evidence, it moves no number, and it may be wrong. 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