Abstract
Discrete populations of brain cells signal differing types of spatial information. These “spatial cells” are largely confined to a closely-connected network of sites. We describe here, for the first time, cells in the anterior claustrum of the freely-moving rat encoding place, boundary and object information. This novel claustral spatial signal potentially directly modulates a wide variety of anterior cortical regions. We hypothesize that one of the functions of the claustrum is to provide information about body position, boundaries and landmark information, enabling dynamic control of behavior.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 250 |
Journal | Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience |
Volume | 9 |
Issue number | OCT |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 14 Oct 2015 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2015 Jankowski and O‘Mara.
Keywords
- Border cells
- Boundaries and landmark information
- Claustral function hypothesis
- Claustrum
- Object cells
- Place cells
- Position