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ArticleNeurobiology of learning and memory2022

The limbic memory circuit and the neural basis of contextual memory.

David M Smith, Yan Yu Yang, Dev Laxman Subramanian, Adam M P Miller, David A Bulkin, L Matthew Law

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Article in Neurobiology of learning and memory, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Stimulus Contingency and Task Context Encoding within the Anterior Cingulate-Amygdala-Cerebellum Associative Learning Network.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  3. The retrosplenial cortical role in delayed spatial alternation.Neurobiology of learning and memory · 2024
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  6. The Retrosplenial Cortical Role in Delayed Spatial Alternation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  7. Time Cells in the Retrosplenial Cortex.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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  9. Contingent Amygdala Inputs Trigger Heterosynaptic LTP at Hippocampus-To-Accumbens Synapses.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

David M SmithDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States. Electronic address: dms248@cornell.edu.
Yan Yu YangDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
Dev Laxman SubramanianDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
Adam M P MillerDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
David A BulkinDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.
L Matthew LawDepartment of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States.

Funding

Hippocampus, Retrosplenial Cortex and Contextual Learning and MemoryR01MH083809 · NIMH · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI SMITH, DAVID M., WARDEN, MELISSA RHOADS · 2010 to 2022
$3.6M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH083809
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The hippocampus, retrosplenial cortex and anterior thalamus are key components of a neural circuit known to be involved in a variety of memory functions, including spatial, contextual and episodic memory. In this review, we focus on the role of this circuit in contextual memory processes. The background environment, or context, is a powerful cue for memory retrieval, and neural representations of the context provide a mechanism for efficiently retrieving relevant memories while avoiding interference from memories that belong to other contexts. Data from experimental lesions and neural manipulation techniques indicate that each of these regions is critical for contextual memory. Neurophysiological evidence from the hippocampus and retrosplenial cortex suggest that contextual information is represented within this circuit by population-level neural firing patterns that reliably differentiate each context a subject encounters. These findings indicate that encoding contextual information to support context-dependent memory retrieval is a key function of this circuit.

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Memory, EpisodicAnimalsAnterior Thalamic NucleiGyrus CinguliHippocampusLimbic SystemNeurobiologyAnterior thalamusContextHippocampusMemoryRetrosplenial cortex

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PMID34808337
PMCPMC8755583

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