Mathematical model of spatial encoding in hippocampal formation. I.~Grid cells neurodynamics

V. D. Tsukerman ; Z. S. Eremenko ; O. V. Karimova ; A. A. Sazykin ; S. V. Kulakov

Matematičeskaâ biologiâ i bioinformatika, Tome 7 (2012) no. 1, pp. 206-243.

Résumé

Based on the phase-frequency model of phase encoding of neural messages in the brain a model of grid cells of the spatial coding in hippocampal formation is presented. It is shown that a specific recurrent neural organization model is the determining factor in the formation of neural associations of different levels, encryption key spatial variables - location, orientation, linear and angular velocity, coordinate activity of neural ensembles in the navigation behavior.

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