Nucleus reuniens of the thalamus contains head direction cells.
basic_science · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.03075 and PMC identifier 4115655.
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Abstract
Discrete populations of brain cells signal heading direction, rather like a compass. These 'head direction' cells are largely confined to a closely-connected network of sites. We describe, for the first time, a population of head direction cells in nucleus reuniens of the thalamus in the freely-moving rat. This novel subcortical head direction signal potentially modulates the hippocampal CA fields directly and, thus, informs spatial processing and memory.
Medical subject headings
- Midline Thalamic Nuclei