A map of visual space in the primate entorhinal cortex

Nathaniel J. Killian, Michael J. Jutras and Elizabeth A. Buffalo ()
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Nathaniel J. Killian: Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 954 Gatewood Road
Michael J. Jutras: Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 954 Gatewood Road
Elizabeth A. Buffalo: Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 954 Gatewood Road

Nature, 2012, vol. 491, issue 7426, 761-764

Abstract: Examination of spatial representations in the entorhinal cortex of monkeys performing a visual memory task reveals individual neurons that emit action potentials when the monkey fixates multiple discrete locations in the visual field, and suggests that entorhinal cortex neurons encode space during visual exploration, even without locomotion.

Date: 2012
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