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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2021

The Parahippocampal Cortex and its Functional Connection with the Hippocampus are Critical for Nonnavigational Spatial Memory in Macaques.

Elyssa M LaFlamme, Hannah F Waguespack, Patrick A Forcelli, Ludise Malkova

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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14 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Elyssa M LaFlammeDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Hannah F WaguespackDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Patrick A ForcelliDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Ludise MalkovaDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
Georgetown University · USGeorgetown University Medical Center · US

Funding

Translational Biomedical Science Training GrantTL1TR001431 · NCATS · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI LEE, DEXTER L, SANDBERG, KATHRYN L · 2015 to 2024
$4.8M
Limbic-midbrain interactions in defense and emotional arousalR01MH120638 · NIMH · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI FORCELLI, PATRICK ALEXANDER, MALKOVA, LUDISE · 2020 to 2024
$3.2M
Limbic-Basal Ganglia Circuitry in PTSDR01MH099505 · NIMH · GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY · PI MALKOVA, LUDISE · 2013 to 2017
$2.3M
NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR001431NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH099505NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH120638
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Hamilton Search Task (HST) is a test of nonnavigational spatial memory that is dependent on the hippocampus. The parahippocampal cortex (PHC) is a major route for spatial information to reach the hippocampus, but the extent to which the PHC and hippocampus function independently of one another in the context of nonnavigational spatial memory is unclear. Here, we tested the hypotheses that (1) bilateral pharmacological inactivation of the PHC would impair HST performance, and (2) that functional disconnection of the PHC and hippocampus by contralateral (crossed) inactivation would likewise impair performance. Transient inactivation of the PHC impaired HST performance most robustly with 30 s intertrial delays, but not when color cues were introduced. Functional disconnection of the PHC and hippocampus, but not separate unilateral inactivation of either region, also selectively impaired long-term spatial memory. These findings indicate a critical role for the PHC and its interactions with the hippocampus in nonnavigational spatial memory.

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Spatial NavigationAnimalsExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsHippocampusKynurenic AcidMacaca mulattaMaleMicroinjectionsNeural PathwaysParahippocampal GyrusSpatial MemoryExcitatory Amino Acid AntagonistsKynurenic Acidhippocampusintracerebral microinfusionmacaqueparahippocampal cortexspatial memory

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PMID33270817
PMCPMC7945022
OpenAlexW3107955909

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