Hippocampal–medial prefrontal circuit supports memory updating during learning and post-encoding rest

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 134, Issue Part A, 2016, Pages 91-106

  Schlichting, Margaret L ^a   Preston, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Diffusion weighted imaging; Hippocampus; Inference; Medial prefrontal cortex; Memory integration

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; DISSOCIATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEMORY; PREDICTION; REST; VISUAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; ADULT; ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; WHITE MATTER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84966376473     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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