Volume 20 Issue 6, June 2019

Grid cells in the rat medial entorhinal cortex distort their firing patterns local to a reward in the environment.

In monkeys, some neurons in the amygdala may simulate a social partner’s decision-making process in a reward-based decision-making task.

The cerebral cortex is made of cells originating in distinct brain regions. In this Review, Silva and colleagues discuss the dual role played by cell migration to bring cells in and to provide crosstalk that shapes cortical morphogenesis.

Here, Hong and Lieber review recent developments in electrode technologies for the recording of single-unit spiking activity. They focus on advances in electrodes with high spatial integration, long-term stability and multifunctional capacities.

In addition to ensuring stable gaze and posture, the vestibular system contributes to the perception of self-motion and orientation. In this Review, Cullen provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in our understanding of sensory encoding and integration in the vestibular pathways.

In this Opinion, Yonelinas et al. propose that the hippocampus binds together item-related and content-related information to form memories. They compare the evidence for this contextual binding theory with that for another theory of memory, standard systems consolidation theory.