title: Distorted Grids as a Spatial Label and Metric.
abstract: Grid cells have been proposed to encode both the self-location of an animal and the relative position of locations within an environment. We reassess the validity of these roles in light of recent evidence demonstrating grid patterns to be less temporally and spatially stable than previously thought.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK; Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK. Electronic address: francis.carpenter.12@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Francis
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carpenter
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, London, UK. Electronic address: caswell.barry@ucl.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Caswell
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barry
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors