Navigational Strategies and Their Neural Correlates

Jain, Deepa and Jakhalekar, Indraja R and Deshmukh, Sachin S (2017) Navigational Strategies and Their Neural Correlates. In: JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, 97 (4). pp. 511-525.

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Abstract

Animals depend on navigation to find food, water, mate(s), shelter, etc. Different species use diverse strategies that utilise forms of motion- and location-related information derived from the environment to navigate to their goals and back. We start by describing behavioural studies undertaken to unearth different strategies used in navigation. Then we move on to outline what we know about the brain area most associated with spatial navigation, namely the hippocampal formation. While doing so, we first briefly explain the anatomical connections in the area and then proceed to describe the neural correlates that are considered to play a role in navigation. We conclude by looking at how the strategies might interact and complement each other in certain contexts.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
Publisher:	10.1007/s41745-017-0053-1
Additional Information:	Copy right for this article belongs to the INDIAN INST SCIENCE, INDIAN INST SCIENCE, BANGALORE 560012, INDIA
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Centre for Neuroscience
Date Deposited:	12 Jan 2018 07:32
Last Modified:	12 Jan 2018 07:32
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/58711

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