Human memory formation is accompanied by rhinal-hippocampal coupling and decoupling. Export

@article{citeulike:1485137, abstract = {In humans, distinct processes within the hippocampus and rhinal cortex support declarative memory formation. But do these medial temporal lobe (MTL) substructures directly cooperate in encoding new memories? Phase synchronization of gamma-band electroencephalogram (EEG) oscillations (around 40 Hz) is a general mechanism of transiently connecting neural assemblies. We recorded depth-EEG from within the MTL of epilepsy patients performing a memorization task. Successful as opposed to unsuccessful memory formation was accompanied by an initial elevation of rhinal-hippocampal gamma synchronization followed by a later desynchronization, suggesting that effective declarative memory formation is accompanied by a direct and temporarily limited cooperation between both MTL substructures.}, address = {Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany. juergen.fell@meb.uni-bonn.de}, author = {Fell, J. and Klaver, P. and Lehnertz, K. and Grunwald, T. and Schaller, C. and Elger, C. E. and Fern\'{a}ndez, G.}, citeulike-article-id = {1485137}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn759}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11694886}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=11694886}, doi = {10.1038/nn759}, issn = {1097-6256}, journal = {Nat Neurosci}, keywords = {circular, eeg, memory, synchronization, variance}, month = {December}, number = {12}, pages = {1259--1264}, posted-at = {2007-07-25 07:59:00}, priority = {2}, title = {Human memory formation is accompanied by rhinal-hippocampal coupling and decoupling.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn759}, volume = {4}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1485137 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1485137 N2 - In humans, distinct processes within the hippocampus and rhinal cortex support declarative memory formation. But do these medial temporal lobe (MTL) substructures directly cooperate in encoding new memories? Phase synchronization of gamma-band electroencephalogram (EEG) oscillations (around 40 Hz) is a general mechanism of transiently connecting neural assemblies. We recorded depth-EEG from within the MTL of epilepsy patients performing a memorization task. Successful as opposed to unsuccessful memory formation was accompanied by an initial elevation of rhinal-hippocampal gamma synchronization followed by a later desynchronization, suggesting that effective declarative memory formation is accompanied by a direct and temporarily limited cooperation between both MTL substructures. IS - 12 JF - Nat Neurosci SN - 1097-6256 AD - Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn, Germany. juergen.fell@meb.uni-bonn.de EP - 1264 TI - Human memory formation is accompanied by rhinal-hippocampal coupling and decoupling. VL - 4 SP - 1259 KW - circular KW - eeg KW - memory KW - synchronization KW - variance AU - Fell, J AU - Klaver, P AU - Lehnertz, K AU - Grunwald, T AU - Schaller, C AU - Elger, CE AU - Fernández, G PY - 2001/12// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nn759 ER -