Multiple Running Speed Signals In Medial Entorhinal Cortex
Published:
J.R. Hinman, M.P. Brandon, J.R. Climer, G.W. Chapman, M.E. Hasselmo. "Multiple Running Speed Signals In Medial Entorhinal Cortex", Neuron, 2016.
Abstract: Grid cells in medial entorhinal cortex MEC can be modeled using oscillatory interference or attractor dynamic mechanisms that perform path integration a computation requiring information about running direction and speed The two classes of computational models often use either an oscillatory frequency or a firing rate that increases as a function of running speed Yet it is currently not known whether these are two manifestations of the same speed signal or dissociable signals with potentially different anatomical substrates We examined coding of running speed in MEC and identified these two speed signals to be independent of each other within individual neurons The medial septum MS is strongly linked to locomotor behavior and removal of MS input resulted in strengthening of the firing rate speed signal while decreasing the strength of the oscillatory speed signal Thus two speed signals are present in MEC that are differentially affected by disrupted MS input
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