Avian navigation: Head direction cells in the quail hippocampus

• DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.04.071
• Publication Date: 2021-06-21T14:39:37Z
• Authors: Aylin Apostel; Jonas Rose
• Keywords: Mammals; 0303 health sciences; 03 medical and health sciences; Place Cells; Animals; Hippocampus; Quail

Birds are experts in many behaviors akin to those in mammals that are known to involve the hippocampus, yet the avian hippocampus is still poorly understood. A new study finds head-direction cells, but not place cells, in the hippocampal formation of quails.