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New building blocks for navigation

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Many spatial correlates have been identified that form the neural basis for navigation. Two studies have now uncovered a new cell type: bidirectional cells, which fire when the head is pointing in one of two opposing directions.

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Figure 1: Axis-tuned, unidirectional and bidirectional HD cells.

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  1. Jeffrey S. Taube is in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.,

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