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ArticleImaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.)2025

Right posterior theta reflects human parahippocampal phase resetting by salient cues during goal-directed navigation.

Malte R Güth, Andrew Reid, Yu Zhang, Sonja C Huntgeburth, Ravi D Mill, Alain Dagher, Kim Kerns, Clay B Holroyd, Michael Petrides, Michael W Cole and 1 more

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Malte R GüthCenter for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7374-9870
Andrew ReidDepartment of Psychology, University of Tilburg, Tilburg, Netherlands.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0523-926X
Yu ZhangZhejiang Lab, Hangzhou, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7159-4561
Sonja C HuntgeburthMontréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Ravi D MillCenter for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9249-8744
Alain DagherMontréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0945-5779
Kim KernsDepartment of Psychology, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
Clay B HolroydDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3084-8574
Michael PetridesMontréal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
Michael W ColeCenter for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4329-438X
Travis E BakerCenter for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, United States.

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Abstract

Animal and computational work indicate that phase resetting of theta oscillations (4-12 Hz) in the parahippocampal gyrus (PHG) by salient events (e.g., reward, landmarks) facilitates the encoding of goal-oriented information during navigation. Although well studied in animals, this mechanism has not been empirically substantiated in humans. In the present article, we present data from two studies (Study 1: asynchronous electroencephalography (EEG)-magnetoencephalography (MEG) | Study 2: simultaneous EEG-fMRI) to investigate theta phase resetting and its relationship with PHG blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) activation in healthy adults (aged 18-34 years old) navigating a virtual T-maze to find rewards. In the first experiment, both EEG and MEG data revealed a burst of theta power over right-posterior scalp locations following feedback onset (termed right-posterior theta, RPT), and RPT power and measures of phase resetting were sensitive to the subject's spatial trajectory. In Experiment 2, we used probabilistic tractography data from the human connectome project to segment the anterior and posterior PHG based on differential connectivity profiles to other brain regions. This analysis resulted in a PHG subdivision consisting of four distinct anterior and two posterior PHG clusters. Next, a series of linear mixed effects models based on simultaneous EEG-fMRI data revealed that single-trial RPT peak power significantly predicted single-trial hemodynamic responses in two clusters within the posterior PHG and one in the anterior PHG. This coupling between RPT power and PHG BOLD was exclusive to trials performed during maze navigation, and not during a similar task devoid of the spatial context of the maze. These findings highlight a role of PHG theta phase resetting for the purpose of encoding salient information during goal-directed spatial navigation. Taken together, RPT during virtual navigation integrates experimental, computational, and theoretical research of PHG function in animals with human cognitive electrophysiology studies and clinical research on memory-related disorders such as Alzheimer's disease.

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parahippocampal gyrusphase resettingsimultaneous EEG-fMRIspatial navigationtheta oscillations

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