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	Jul 2005
	ISBN 0262232413
	502 pp.
	119 illus.

Head Direction Cells and the Neural Mechanisms of Spatial Orientation

Sidney I. Wiener and Jeffrey S. Taube

Head direction cells-neurons that fire only when an animal orients its head in a certain direction-are found in several different brain areas, with different neurons selective for different head orientations; they are influenced by landmarks as well as motor and vestibular information concerning how the head moves through space. These properties suggest that head direction cells play an important role in determining orientation in space and in navigation. Moreover, the prominence, strength, and clarity of head direction signals indicate their importance over the course of evolution and suggest that they can serve as a vital key for understanding brain function. This book presents the latest findings on head direction cells in a comprehensive treatment that will be a valuable reference for students and researchers in the cognitive sciences, neuroscience, computational science, and robotics.

Table of Contents

		Foreword: History of the Discovery of Head Direction Cells by James B. Ranck Jr.
		Preface
		Overview by Sidney I. Wiener and Jeffrey S. Taube
		REPRESENTATIONS OF DIRECTIONAL ORIENTATION: HEAD DIRECTION CELL PROPERTIES AND ANATOMY
1		Regional Distribution and Variation in the Firing Properties of Head Direction Cells by Patricia E. Sharp
2		Neuroanatomy of Head Direction Cell Circuits by David A. Hopkins
3		Head Direction Cell Activity: Landmark Control and Responses in Three Dimensions by Jeffrey S. Taube
4		How Visual Cues Control Preferred Directions in Head Direction Cells by Michail B. Zugaro and Sidney I. Wiener
5		Head Direction Signal Generation: Ascending and Descending Information Streams by Joshua P. Bassett and Jeffrey S. Taube
		INFLUENCE OF VESTIBULAR AND MOTOR CUES ON HEAD DIRECTION CELLS AND PLACE CELLS
6		Vestibular and Motor Processing for Head Direction Signals by Stefan Glasauer
7		Self-Motion Cues and Resolving Intermodality Conflicts: Head Direction Cells, Place Cells, and Behavior by Robert W. Stackman and Michail B. Zugaro
8		Coupling between Head Direction Cells and Place Cells: Influences of Landmarks, Self-Motion, and Intrinsic Circuitry by James J. Knierim
9		Directional Responses in Place Cells by Nicolas Brunel and Robert U. Muller
		RELATIONS BETWEEN THE HEAD DIRECTION SYSTEM, SPATIAL ORIENTATION, AND BEHAVIOR
10		Head Direction Codes in Hippocampal Afferent and Efferent Systems: What Functions Do They Serve? by Sheri J. Y. Mizumori, Corey B. Puryear, Katherine M. Gill, and Alex Guazzelli
11		What Does the Head Direction Cell System Actually Do? by Paul A. Dudchenko, Gary M. Muir, Russell J. Frohardt, and Jeffrey
12		Behavioral Studies of Directional Orientation in Developing and Adult Animals by Sidney I. Wiener and Francoise Schenk
13		Cognitive Deficits Induced by Lesions of Structures Containing Head Direction Cells by John P. Aggleton
		NEURAL MECHANISMS OF SPATIAL ORIENTATION IN NONHUMAN PRIMATES AND HUMANS
14		Head Direction and Spatial View Cells in Primates, and Brain Mechanisms for Path Integration and Episodic Memory by Edmund T. Rolls
15		Posterior Cortical Processing of Self-Movement Cues: MSTd's Role in Papez's Circuit for Navigation and Orientation by Charles J. Duffy, William K. Page, and Michael T. Froehler
16		Vestibular, Proprioceptive, and Visual Influences on the Perception of Orientation and Self-Motion in Humans by Isabelle Israil and William H. Warren
17		Head Direction Control during Active Locomotion in Humans by Halim Hicheur, Stefan Glasauer, Stephane Vieilledent, and Alain Berthoz
		THEORETICAL STUDIES AND NEURAL NETWORK MODELS OF THE HEAD DIRECTION SYSTEM
18		Attractor Network Models of Head Direction Cells by David S. Touretzky
19		Head Direction Cells and Place Cells in Models for Navigation and Robotic Applications by Angelo Arleo and Wulfram Gerstner
20		Head Direction Cells and Neural Bases of Spatial Orientation: Synthesis and Future Perspectives by Sidney I. Wiener
		Contributors
		Index