Ya. B. Kazanovich, I. E. Mysin, “How animals find their way in space? Place cells and grid cells”, Mat. Biolog. Bioinform., 2015, Volume 10, Issue 1,Pages <nobr>88

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How animals find their way in space? Place cells and grid cells

Ya. B. Kazanovich^a, I. E. Mysin^b

^a Institute of Mathematical Problems of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
^b Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia

Abstract: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 was awarded to John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser, and Edward Moser for their discoveries of place cells and grid cells which represent important components of the neuronal orientation system of mammals. This paper reviews the main results of the discoveries and describes the main features of place cells and grid cells. We also present some examples of mathematical models of orientation based on the experimental facts obtained by Nobel Prize laureates.

Key words: space orientation system, hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, theta rhythm, phase precession, place cells, grid cells.

UDC: 001(06) + 004.032.26(06)

Received 09.02.2015, Published 04.03.2015

DOI: 10.17537/2015.10.88