Role of the thalamic nucleus reuniens in mediating interactions between the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex during spatial working memory

Despite decades of research, the neural mechanisms of spatial working memory remain poorly understood. Although the dorsal hippocampus is known to be critical for memory-guided behavior, experimental evidence suggests that spatial working memory depends not only on the hippocampus itself, but also...

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Main Author: Amy L Griffin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsys.2015.00029/full