Aversive memory formation in humans involves an amygdala-hippocampus phase code

The amygdala facilitates memory encoding in the hippocampus. Here the authors show, using simultaneous intracranial recordings from these regions, that emotional memory encoding is mediated by the amygdala theta phase to which hippocampal gamma activity and neuronal firing is coupled.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Manuela Costa, Diego Lozano-Soldevilla, Antonio Gil-Nagel, Rafael Toledano, Carina R. Oehrn, Lukas Kunz, Mar Yebra, Costantino Mendez-Bertolo, Lennart Stieglitz, Johannes Sarnthein, Nikolai Axmacher, Stephan Moratti, Bryan A. Strange
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33828-2