There's a great talk by Juan Gallego on how low-dimensional #NeuralManifolds arise from biological constraints, remain invariant across states and inputs, and support cross-animal alignment. Examples span #HeadDirection rings, #gridcell tori, #MotorCortex prep vs movement, striatal timing dynamics, and C. elegans #behavior loops. Cool talk as it shows how #manifold-level structure can generalize across tasks and organisms.

🌍 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxQyKByqDSU

#CompNeuro #Neuroscience #PopulationDynamics

🧠 New study by Asumbisa, Peyrache & Trenholm (2025): Stereo #olfaction underlies stable #coding of #HeadDirection in blind mice. Inhibiting #odor detection in just one nostril, or removing the spatial difference in airflow, disrupts head direction cell tuning and impairs mice’s spatial orientation β†’ stereo smell is essential for using olfactory cues to form a stable, #allocentric sense of direction.

🌍 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58847-7

#Neuroscience #SpatialNavigation #Olfaction