U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Visual and Kinematic Cue Determinants of Neural Navigational Systems

这个为期两年的奖项支持美国和法国在行为神经科学方面的合作研究，合作对象是位于纽约布鲁克林的纽约州立大学健康科学中心的Robert Muller和位于法国马赛的法国国家科学研究中心认知神经科学实验室的Bruno Poucet。研究者提出实验研究（大鼠）关于视觉和动力线索对海马位置细胞和枕后头部方向细胞结构变化的影响。他们的目标是深入了解导航和运动过程中神经活动的决定因素。这位美国研究者是细胞电生理学方面的专家。这与法国在行为神经科学方面的重要专业知识相辅相成。

This two-year award supports U.S.-France cooperative research in behavioral neurosciences between Robert Muller, State University of New York's Health Sciences Center, Brooklyn, New York and Bruno Poucet, at the Laboratory of Cognitive Neuroscience, French National Center for Scientific Research, Marseille, France. The investigators propose experimental studies (involving rats) on the effect of visual and kinetic cues on structural changes in hippocampal place cells and postsubicular head direction cells. Their objective is to provide insight into the determinants of neural activity during navigation and movement. The U.S. investigator is an expert in electrophysiology of cells. This is complemented by significant French expertise in behavioral neuroscience.