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Tiziano D'Albis¹, Richard Kempter^1,2,3

¹Institute for Theoretical Biology, Department of Biology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

|October 6, 2020

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Grid cells in the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) are crucial for navigation. Mathematical modeling shows how structured recurrent networks in the MEC can develop and support grid-cell activity.

Keywords:

Hebbian learning amplification entorhinal cortex grid cells grid-tuning index

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Area of Science:

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Computational Neuroscience

Background:

Grid cells in the medial entorhinal cortex (MEC) are essential for spatial navigation and memory.
The underlying neural mechanisms and developmental origins of grid-cell activity remain largely unknown.
Recent evidence suggests grid cells are embedded within structured recurrent neural networks.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how structured recurrent connectivity in the MEC could emerge during development.
To elucidate the functional role of these recurrent connections in grid-cell activity.
To propose a quantitative measure for grid-cell spatial periodicity.

Main Methods:

Mathematical modeling and computational simulations.
Analysis of recurrent circuit formation under feedforward input supervision.
Development of a Fourier-based metric (grid-tuning index) for spatial periodicity.

Main Results:

Recurrent circuits in the MEC can emerge from weakly grid-tuned feedforward inputs.
Learned excitatory connectivity amplifies grid patterns with sensory input.
Network connectivity sustains grid-cell attractor states when sensory cues are absent.

Conclusions:

Weakly tuned feedforward inputs can guide the development of structured recurrent networks in the MEC.
Recurrent connectivity plays a crucial role in both generating and maintaining grid-cell representations.
The grid-tuning index provides a novel method for quantifying grid-cell properties.