人間の空間的ナビゲーションの基礎となるセルラーネットワークです
Arne D Ekstrom1, Michael J Kahana, Jeremy B Caplan
1Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA.
Nature
|September 12, 2003
まとめ
人間のナビゲーションには,異なる脳細胞が関与します:海馬細胞は空間をマップし,パラ海馬細胞はランドマークの景色を認識します. これは,空間的指向のための二重の神経コードを明らかにします.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- コグニティブ・サイエンス コグニティブ・サイエンス
- 空間ナビゲーション 空間ナビゲーション
背景:
- ネズミは海馬のマップ環境に細胞を置くが,人間のナビゲーションメカニズムは議論の余地がある.
- 人間の海馬とパラヒポキャンパスの領域は,ナビゲーションに関わっているが,視覚的刺激にも反応する.
- 人間の空間的コーディングがネズミの場所細胞を反映しているか,視覚的メカニズムに依存しているかは不明です.
研究 の 目的:
- 人間の空間ナビゲーションの神経基礎を調査する.
- 人間のナビゲーションが場所固有のセルおよび/または景色固有のセルを使用しているかどうかを判断する.
- 人間のナビゲーションにおける空間マッピングと視覚処理を区別する.
主な方法:
- ヒトの中間側頭葉と前頭葉にある317のニューロンからの直接ニューロン記録.
- 被験者は,仮想の町の環境でナビゲートしました.
- 空間的位置,ビュー,およびナビゲーションの目標に関連してニューロンの発火パターンの分析.
主要な成果:
- 人間の空間ナビゲーションに関与する2つの異なるニューロン集団を特定した.
- ヒポキャンパスのニューロンは,主に特定の空間的位置 (場所細胞) に発火する.
- パラヒポキャンパスのニューロンは,地標の特定の視野 (視野細胞) に反応した.
- 前頭葉と側頭葉のニューロンは,ナビゲーション目標をコードし,場所,目標,視野に関する情報を組み合わせた.
結論:
- 人間の空間ナビゲーションは,ヒポカンパの位置細胞とパラヒポカンパの視野細胞という二重の神経コードを使用しています.
- この発見は,ヒトにおける歯類のプレースコーディングの同類体の証拠を提供する.
- この発見は,人間のナビゲーションにおける空間的,視覚的,目標指向の情報の複雑な統合を示唆している.
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