An event map of memory space in the hippocampus

• Published in: eLife Vol. 5
• Main Authors: Deuker, Lorena, Bellmund, Jacob LS, Navarro Schröder, Tobias, Doeller, Christian F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 06.10.2016; eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
• Subjects: Adult; Brain research; Female; fMRI; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Hippocampus; Hippocampus - anatomy & histology; Hippocampus - physiology; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Memory; Memory, Episodic; Mental Recall - physiology; Neuroscience; Neurosciences; Pattern Recognition, Visual - physiology; Rodents; Space Perception - physiology; Spatial memory; Spatial Memory - physiology; Task Performance and Analysis; Time Perception - physiology; fMRI; memory; hippocampus; human; neuroscience

The hippocampus has long been implicated in both episodic and spatial memory, however these mnemonic functions have been traditionally investigated in separate research strands. Theoretical accounts and rodent data suggest a common mechanism for spatial and episodic memory in the hippocampus by prov...