Path integration and cognitive mapping in a continuous attractor neural network model

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 5900-5920

  Samsonovich, Alexei ^a   McNaughton, Bruce L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocentric; Attractor; CA3; Cognitive map; Dead reckoning; Head direction; Hippocampus; Idiothetic; Integrate and fire; Path integration; Place cells; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; DISORIENTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOCHASTIC MODEL; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0030877821     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-15-05900.1997     Document Type: Article

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