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Egocentric Spatial Coding

Allocentric spatial information is generated from and ultimately must be transformed back into an egocentric reference frame in order to guide overt behavior. A key functional cell type believed to be involved in such transformations is the Egocentric Boundary Cell (EBC).
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Allocentric Spatial Coding

Environments are mapped in an allocentric reference frame through the combination of a variety of different functional cell types throughout the hippocampal formation, including place, head direction, boundary vector and grid cells.
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Oscillatory Dynamics

A multitude of different oscillators are present in the brain that organize and synchronize neural activity within and between structures. Theta and ripple oscillations in the hippocampal formation both play a role in allocentric spatial coding and may also be important egocentric spatial coding.

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