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Brain networks underlying episodic memory retrieval

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Rugg, Michael D, Vilberg, Kaia L·2013·Current Opinion in Neurobiology

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The importance of the medial temporal lobe to episodic memory has been recognized for decades. Recent human fMRI findings have begun to delineate the functional roles of different MTL regions, most notably the hippocampus, for the retrieval of episodic memories. Importantly, these studies have also identified a network of cortical regions--each interconnected with the MTL--that are also consistently engaged during successful episodic retrieval. Along with the MTL these regions appear to constitute a content-independent network that acts in concert with cortical regions representing the contents of retrieval to support consciously accessible representations of prior experiences.

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  • The hippocampus is connected to long timescale regions including angular gyrus and posterior medial cortex.

    “The hippocampus is connected to long timescale regions including the angular gyrus and posterior medial cortex (Kravitz, Saleem, Baker, & Mishkin, 2011; Ranganath & Ritchey, 2012; Rugg & Vilberg, 2013)”

    From Discovering Event Structure in Continuous Narrative Perception and Memory (2017) · cites this paper as Rugg & Vilberg, 2013

    The Cortical recollection effects section describes connectivity between the hippocampus and angular gyrus, and identifies hippocampal connections with retrosplenial/posterior cingulate cortex, which fits the posterior-medial part of the claim. It does not characterize those regions as operating on long timescales; a search for “timescale” did not establish that qualifier. No page number is available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • These areas (angular gyrus, posterior cingulate) are involved in high-level multimodal scene processing, part of the general recollection network, and core components of the posterior medial memory system, which represents and updates a high-level situation model.

    “These areas are involved in high-level, multimodal scene processing tasks including memory and navigation (Baldassano, Esteva, Beck, & Fei-Fei, 2016; Kumar, Federmeier, Fei-Fei, & Beck, 2017), are part of the “general recollection network” with strong anatomical and functional connectivity to the hippocampus (Rugg & Vilberg, 2013), and are the core components of the posterior medial memory system”

    From Discovering Event Structure in Continuous Narrative Perception and Memory (2017) · cites this paper as Rugg & Vilberg, 2013

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  • The network including retrosplenial cortex, posterior cingulate, precuneus, angular gyrus, and medial prefrontal cortex is thought to be important for context memory and recollection.

    “This network is thought to be important for context memory and recollection”

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Authors
Rugg, M. D., & Vilberg, K. L.
Corresponding author
Rugg, Michael D
Venue
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-04
Volume
23
Issue
2
Pages
255-260
ISSN
0959-4388 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2061358809
Cited by
751
References
58
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.97
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Current Opinion in Neurobiology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
NIMH (5R01MH072966)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Functions and Memory
Keywords
episodic memory retrieval, brain networks, medial temporal lobe, hippocampus, cortical regions, memory retrieval
MeSH terms
Brain, Brain Mapping, Humans, Functional Laterality, Neural Pathways, Mental Recall, Memory, Episodic

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