Distinct functions of ventral CA1 and dorsal CA2 in social memory

• Published in: Current opinion in neurobiology Vol. 68; pp. 29 - 35
• Main Authors: Watarai, Akiyuki, Tao, Kentaro, Wang, Mu-Yun, Okuyama, Teruhiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2021

For animals that live in social groups, the ability to recognize conspecifics is essential. Recent studies of both human patients and animal models have vigorously sought to discern the precise mechanisms by which hippocampal neurons and neural circuits contribute to the encoding, consolidation, sto...