Abstract
Neuroscience![Figure][1] Moving through the 3D world (in this case a brown rat climbing a bird feeder) requires constant readjustment in the brain. CREDIT: ALAN KEITH BEASTALL/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO Grid cells in the entorhinal cortex interact with place cells in the hippocampus to represent the current location of an animal. In the past, experiments were largely performed on rats running across horizontal surfaces. The real world, however, is three-dimensional. It is not known whether the reference plane for the grid cells is horizontal or an animal's locomotor plane. Casali et al. recorded from place and grid cells while rats moved across a flat surface or climbed up walls. The firing patterns of grid and place cells changed and constantly readjusted when the rat was climbing. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 116 , 4631 (2019). [1]: pending:yes
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