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circuits/Head direction ring attractor

A ring of neurons holding one bump of activity that tracks which way the animal faces. It survives darkness by dead reckoning.

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A ring of neurons holding one bump of activity that tracks which way the animal faces. It survives darkness by dead reckoning.

**Computes** Maintains an internal heading estimate and integrates angular velocity when landmarks are absent. **Behaviour** Straight-line holding, menotaxis, return-to-goal navigation. **Timescale** Fast **Pathway** Ring neurons (ER) -> EPG -> PEN / PEG -> PFL3 / DNa02

Cite as: Seelig & Jayaraman 2015; Turner-Evans et al. 2017; Hulse et al. 2021.

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Artifact typeCircuit

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