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The role of acetylcholine in learning and memory
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Pharmacological data clearly indicate that both muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors have a role in the encoding of new memories. Localized lesions and antagonist infusions demonstrate the anatomical locus of these cholinergic effects, and computational modeling links the function of cholinergic modulation to specific cellular effects within these regions. Acetylcholine has been shown to increase the strength of afferent input relative to feedback, to contribute to theta rhythm oscillations, activate intrinsic mechanisms for persistent spiking, and increase the modification of synapses. These effects might enhance different types of encoding in different cortical structures. In particular, the effects in entorhinal and perirhinal cortex and hippocampus might be important for encoding new episodic memories.
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- Authors
- Hasselmo, M. E.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Hasselmo, Michael E
- ORCID
- Hasselmo, Michael E
- Venue
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2006-12
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 710-715
- ISSN
- 0959-4388 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC2659740
- OpenAlex
- W2053696585
- Cited by
- 1,693
- References
- 62
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Current Opinion in Neurobiology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH 60013, MH61492, R01MH060013, R01MH061492)
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 16454, R01DA016454)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Keywords
- acetylcholine, muscarinic receptors, nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, memory encoding, learning, cholinergic modulation, theta oscillations, synaptic plasticity, entorhinal cortex, perirhinal cortex, hippocampus, episodic memory, afferent feedback
- MeSH terms
- Acetylcholine, Action Potentials, Afferent Pathways, Animals, Brain, Feedback, Humans, Learning, Memory, Neural Inhibition, Synaptic Transmission, Theta Rhythm
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