Concept information
Preferred term
speed cell
Definition
- A neuron whose firing rate varies according to an animal’s running speed, regardless of its direction and position in the environment.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- speed neuron
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• King, C., Recce, M., & O’Keefe, J. (1998). The rhythmicity of cells of the medial septum/diagonal band of Broca in the awake freely moving rat: Relationships with behaviour and hippocampal theta. European Journal of Neuroscience, 10(2), 464–477. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00026.x
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Kropff, E., Carmichael, J. E., Moser, M.-B., & Moser, E. I. (2015). Speed cells in the medial entorhinal cortex. Nature, 523(7561), 419–424. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14622
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
- • Zhou, T. L., Tamura, R., Kuriwaki, J., & Ono, T. (1999). Comparison of medial and lateral septal neuron activity during performance of spatial tasks in rats. Hippocampus, 9(3), 220–234. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-1063(1999)9:3%253C220::AID-HIPO3%253E3.0.CO;2-E
• Document type: empirical study
• Access: closed
Creator
- Frank Arnould
- Pierre-Yves Jacob
In other languages
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French
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neurone de vitesse
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-FSHB2M05-B - • Kropff, E., Carmichael, J. E., Moser, M.-B., & Moser, E. I. (2015). Speed cells in the medial entorhinal cortex. Nature, 523(7561), 419–424. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14622
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