The Hippocampal Engram as a Memory Index

The hippocampus encodes memories for past events, but the nature of the hippocampal code subserving this function remains unclear. A prevailing idea, strongly supported by hippocampal physiology, is the Cognitive Map Theory. In this view, episodic memories are anchored to spatial domains, or allocen...

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Main Authors: Kazumasa Z Tanaka, Thomas J McHugh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-11-01
Series:Journal of Experimental Neuroscience
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1179069518815942