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Map fragmentation in two- and three-dimensional environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 October 2013

Homare Yamahachi ,
May-Britt Moser  and
Edvard I. Moser
Homare Yamahachi
Affiliation:
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7489 Trondheim, Norway. homare.yamahachi@ntnu.nomaybm@ntnu.noedvard.moser@ntnu.nohttp://www.ntnu.no/cbm/
May-Britt Moser
Affiliation:
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7489 Trondheim, Norway. homare.yamahachi@ntnu.nomaybm@ntnu.noedvard.moser@ntnu.nohttp://www.ntnu.no/cbm/
Edvard I. Moser
Affiliation:
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NO-7489 Trondheim, Norway. homare.yamahachi@ntnu.nomaybm@ntnu.noedvard.moser@ntnu.nohttp://www.ntnu.no/cbm/
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Abstract

The suggestion that three-dimensional space is represented by a mosaic of neural map fragments, each covering a small area of space in the plane of locomotion, receives support from studies in complex two-dimensional environments. How map fragments are linked, which brain circuits are involved, and whether metric is preserved across fragments are questions that remain to be determined.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 36 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 569 - 570
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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