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Using synchronized brain rhythms to bias memory-guided decisions.
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- The thalamic nucleus reuniens orchestrates prefrontal-hippocampal synchrony in memory, emotion, and disease.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Review
- Theta-paced stimulation of the thalamic nucleus reuniens entrains mPFC-HPC oscillations and facilitates the acquisition of extinction memories.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Medial septal theta stimulation enhances spatial working memory performance in rats.Learning & memory (Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.) · 2025Article
- Choice Behaviors and Prefrontal-Hippocampal Coupling Are Disrupted in a Rat Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Rhythmic modulation of dorsal hippocampus across distinct behavioral timescales during spatial set-shifting.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Deliberative Behaviors and Prefrontal-Hippocampal Coupling are Disrupted in a Rat Model of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
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- Neural circuits for the adaptive regulation of fear and extinction memory.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2024Review
- Theta-paced stimulation of the thalamic nucleus reuniens entrains mPFC-HPC oscillations and facilitates the acquisition of extinction memories.Brain stimulationArticle
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Abstract
Functional interactions between the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus, as revealed by strong oscillatory synchronization in the theta (6-11 Hz) frequency range, correlate with memory-guided decision-making. However, the degree to which this form of long-range synchronization influences memory-guided choice remains unclear. We developed a brain-machine interface that initiated task trials based on the magnitude of prefrontal-hippocampal theta synchronization, then measured choice outcomes. Trials initiated based on strong prefrontal-hippocampal theta synchrony were more likely to be correct compared to control trials on both working memory-dependent and -independent tasks. Prefrontal-thalamic neural interactions increased with prefrontal-hippocampal synchrony and optogenetic activation of the ventral midline thalamus primarily entrained prefrontal theta rhythms, but dynamically modulated synchrony. Together, our results show that prefrontal-hippocampal theta synchronization leads to a higher probability of a correct choice and strengthens prefrontal-thalamic dialogue. Our findings reveal new insights into the neural circuit dynamics underlying memory-guided choices and highlight a promising technique to potentiate cognitive processes or behavior via brain-machine interfacing.
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