AbstractMany complex spike cells in the hippocampus of the freely moving rat
have as their primary correlate the animal's location in an environment (place
cells). In contrast, the hippocampal electroer cephalograph theta pattern of
rhythmical waves (7–12 Hz) is better correlated with a class of movements that
change the rat's location in an environment. During movement through the place
field, th... hiện toàn bộ
Eleanor A. Maguire, Katherine Woollett, Hugo J. Spiers
AbstractLicensed London taxi drivers show that humans have a remarkable capacity
to acquire and use knowledge of a large complex city to navigate within it. Gray
matter volume differences in the hippocampus relative to controls have been
reported to accompany this expertise. While these gray matter differences could
result from using and updating spatial representations, they might instead be
infl... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractThe hippocampus is one of several limbic brain structures implicated in
the pathophysiology and treatment of mood disorders. Preclinical and clinical
studies demonstrate that stress and depression lead to reductions of the total
volume of this structure and atrophy and loss of neurons in the adult
hippocampus. One of the cellular mechanisms that could account for alterations
of hippocampal... hiện toàn bộ
David M. Diamond, Michael Bennett, Monika Fleshner, Gregory M. Rose
AbstractStudies have shown that peripheral levels of corticosterone correlate
with the magnitudes of two well‐described physiological models of memory,
long‐term potentiation (LTP) and primed burst (PB) potentiation. In the present
experiments, the authors investigated the effects of experimenter‐controlled
manipulations of the levels of corticosterone on the magnitude of hippocampal PB
potentiati... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractWe review the ideas and data behind the hypothesis that hippocampal
pyramidal cells encode information by their phase of firing relative to the
theta rhythm of the EEG. Particular focus is given to the further hypothesis
that variations in firing rate can encode information independently from that
encoded by firing phase. We discuss possible explanation of the phase‐precession
effect in te... hiện toàn bộ
Andrew P. Yonelinas, Mariam Aly, Wei‐Chun Wang, Joshua D. Koen
AbstractIt is well accepted that recognition memory reflects the contribution of
two separable memory retrieval processes, namely recollection and familiarity.
However, fundamental questions remain regarding the functional nature and neural
substrates of these processes. In this article, we describe a simple
quantitative model of recognition memory (i.e., the dual‐process signal
detection model) t... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractUnderstanding the empirical rules that regulate alterations of
hippocampal firing fields will enhance our understanding of hippocampal
function. The current study sought to extend previous research in this area by
examining the effect of substituting a new stimulus for a familiar stimulus in a
familiar environment. Hippocampal place cells were recorded while rats chased
food pellets scatte... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractIn the hippocampus, oscillations in the theta and gamma frequency range
occur together and interact in several ways, indicating that they are part of a
common functional system. It is argued that these oscillations form a coding
scheme that is used in the hippocampus to organize the readout from long‐term
memory of the discrete sequence of upcoming places, as cued by current position.
This... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractThe sources of ipsilateral projections from the hippocampal formation,
the presubiculum, area 29a‐c, and parasubiculum to medial, orbital, and lateral
prefrontal cortices were studied with retrograde tracers in 27 rhesus monkeys.
Labeled neurons within the hippocampal formation (CA1, CA1′, prosubiculum, and
subiculum) were found rostrally, although some were noted throughout the entire
ros... hiện toàn bộ
AbstractNumerous studies have reported a smaller hippocampal volume in
Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients than in aging controls. However, in mild
cognitive impairment (MCI), the results are inconsistent. Moreover, the
left‐right asymmetry of the hippocampus receives less research attention. In
this article, meta‐analyses are designed to determine the extent of hippocampal
atrophy in MCI and AD, an... hiện toàn bộ