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ReviewNature reviews. Neuroscience2022

The anterior thalamic nuclei: core components of a tripartite episodic memory system.

John P Aggleton, Shane M O'Mara

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Review in Nature reviews. Neuroscience, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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  20. Multimodal MEG and Microstructure-MRI Investigations of the Human Hippocampal Scene Network.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

John P AggletonSchool of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom. aggleton@cardiff.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5573-1308
Shane M O'MaraSchool of Psychology and Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. smomara@tcd.ie.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8087-8531

Funding

Wellcome Trust 103722/Z14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Standard models of episodic memory focus on hippocampal-parahippocampal interactions, with the neocortex supplying sensory information and providing a final repository of mnemonic representations. However, recent advances have shown that other regions make distinct and equally critical contributions to memory. In particular, there is growing evidence that the anterior thalamic nuclei have a number of key cognitive functions that support episodic memory. In this article, we describe these findings and argue for a core, tripartite memory system, comprising a 'temporal lobe' stream (centred on the hippocampus) and a 'medial diencephalic' stream (centred on the anterior thalamic nuclei) that together act on shared cortical areas. We demonstrate how these distributed brain regions form complementary and necessary partnerships in episodic memory formation.

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Anterior Thalamic NucleiMemory, EpisodicBrainHippocampusHumansTemporal Lobe

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