Cerebellar coordination of neuronal communication in cerebral cortex

SS McAfee, Y Liu, RV Sillitoe, DH Heck - Frontiers in systems …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Cognitive processes involve precisely coordinated neuronal communications between
multiple cerebral cortical structures in a task specific manner. Rich new evidence now …

Resolving the prefrontal mechanisms of adaptive cognitive behaviors: A cross-species perspective

IL Hanganu-Opatz, T Klausberger, T Sigurdsson… - Neuron, 2023 - cell.com
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) enables a staggering variety of complex behaviors, such as
planning actions, solving problems, and adapting to new situations according to external …

Oligodendrocyte dynamics dictate cognitive performance outcomes of working memory training in mice

T Shimizu, SG Nayar, M Swire, Y Jiang, M Grist… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Previous work has shown that motor skill learning stimulates and requires generation of
myelinating oligodendrocytes (OLs) from their precursor cells (OLPs) in the brains of adult …

Cognitive dysfunction in major depression and Alzheimer's disease is associated with hippocampal–prefrontal cortex dysconnectivity

D Sampath, M Sathyanesan… - … disease and treatment, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Cognitive dysfunction is prevalent in psychiatric disorders. Deficits are observed in multiple
domains, including working memory, executive function, attention, and information …

Amygdala-hippocampal interactions in synaptic plasticity and memory formation

R Roesler, MB Parent, RT LaLumiere… - Neurobiology of learning …, 2021 - Elsevier
Memories of emotionally arousing events tend to endure longer than other memories. This
review compiles findings from several decades of research investigating the role of the …

An excitatory ventral hippocampus to lateral septum circuit that suppresses feeding

P Sweeney, Y Yang - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Previous research has focused on feeding circuits residing in the hindbrain and midbrain
that govern homeostatic or hedonic control of food intake. However, the feeding circuits …

Sex differences in spatial learning and memory and hippocampal long-term potentiation at perforant pathway-dentate gyrus (PP-DG) synapses in Wistar rats

S Safari, N Ahmadi, R Mohammadkhani… - Behavioral and Brain …, 2021 - Springer
Background Recent studies show that gender may have a significant impact on brain
functions. However, the reports of sex effects on spatial ability and synaptic plasticity in …

Assembly responses of hippocampal CA1 place cells predict learned behavior in goal-directed spatial tasks on the radial eight-arm maze

H Xu, P Baracskay, J O'Neill, J Csicsvari - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Hippocampus is needed for both spatial working and reference memories. Here, using a
radial eight-arm maze, we examined how the combined demand on these memories …

No evidence from complementary data sources of a direct glutamatergic projection from the mouse anterior cingulate area to the hippocampal formation

L Andrianova, S Yanakieva, G Margetts-Smith, S Kohli… - Elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
The connectivity and interplay between the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus underpin
various key cognitive processes, with changes in these interactions being implicated in both …

Functional alterations of the prefrontal circuit underlying cognitive aging in mice

HR Chong, Y Ranjbar-Slamloo, MZH Ho… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Executive function is susceptible to aging. How aging impacts the circuit-level computations
underlying executive function remains unclear. Using calcium imaging and optogenetic …