Chapter title |
The Sensory Neocortex and Associative Memory
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Chapter number | 453 |
Book title |
Behavioral Neuroscience of Learning and Memory
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Published in |
Current topics in behavioral neurosciences, January 2016
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DOI | 10.1007/7854_2016_453 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-978755-8, 978-3-31-978757-2
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Authors |
Dominik Aschauer, Simon Rumpel, Aschauer, Dominik, Rumpel, Simon |
Abstract |
Most behaviors in mammals are directly or indirectly guided by prior experience and therefore depend on the ability of our brains to form memories. The ability to form an association between an initially possibly neutral sensory stimulus and its behavioral relevance is essential for our ability to navigate in a changing environment. The formation of a memory is a complex process involving many areas of the brain. In this chapter we review classic and recent work that has shed light on the specific contribution of sensory cortical areas to the formation of associative memories. We discuss synaptic and circuit mechanisms that mediate plastic adaptations of functional properties in individual neurons as well as larger neuronal populations forming topographically organized representations. Furthermore, we describe commonly used behavioral paradigms that are used to study the mechanisms of memory formation. We focus on the auditory modality that is receiving increasing attention for the study of associative memory in rodent model systems. We argue that sensory cortical areas may play an important role for the memory-dependent categorical recognition of previously encountered sensory stimuli. |
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