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PhD candidate at McGill studying the head-direction system in mice https://sskromne.github.io/

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Checkout the notebook of this epic neuroscience dataset now on @dandiarchive.org and analyzed with pynapple!

27.02.2026 17:05 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

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13.02.2026 00:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Blake!! I loved my time in your lab... definitely set me up for success!

11.02.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Extremely happy to see this paper out! We showcase the incredible stability of the head-direction system over long periods of time, both in its alignment to the external world and its internal organization. Would not have been possible without @guillaumeviejo.bsky.social and @apeyrache.bsky.social !

11.02.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0
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New paper alert! 🚨

We found that the brain's compass is remarkably stable at two scales

1️⃣ the system maintains its internal organization for weeks
2️⃣ It "remembers" its orientation for weeks, even after a single visit

This may be key to how the brain aligns its other maps.

Paper: rdcu.be/e3waP

11.02.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 69 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 7

Stoked to see this paper finally out!

It answers two big questions: where visual objects are encoded in the brain, and how head-direction cells get oriented using visual landmarks.

Super fun collaboration with @mace-lab.bsky.social and Stuart Trenholm.

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

11.09.2025 21:13 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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Coherent dynamics of thalamic head-direction neurons irrespective of input While the thalamus is known to relay and modulate sensory signals to the cortex, whether it also participates in active computation and intrinsic signal generation remains unresolved. The anterodorsal...

🚨New preprint alert!

The thalamus has long been seen as a relay of sensory signals to cortex.
But could it also generate its own structured activity?
Our study explores this question in the head-direction (HD) system.

Some explanation πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡ 1/13

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

16.09.2025 15:56 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 25 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1