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The reorganization and reactivation of hippocampal maps predict spatial memory performance

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Dupret, David, O'Neill, Joseph, Pleydell-Bouverie, Barty, Csicsvari, Jozsef·2010·Nature Neuroscience

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The hippocampus is an important brain circuit for spatial memory and the spatially selective spiking of hippocampal neuronal assemblies is thought to provide a mnemonic representation of space. We found that remembering newly learnt goal locations required NMDA receptor-dependent stabilization and enhanced reactivation of goal-related hippocampal assemblies. During spatial learning, place-related firing patterns in the CA1, but not CA3, region of the rat hippocampus were reorganized to represent new goal locations. Such reorganization did not occur when goals were marked by visual cues. The stabilization and successful retrieval of these newly acquired CA1 representations of behaviorally relevant places was NMDAR dependent and necessary for subsequent memory retention performance. Goal-related assembly patterns associated with sharp wave/ripple network oscillations, during both learning and subsequent rest periods, predicted memory performance. Together, these results suggest that the reorganization and reactivation of assembly firing patterns in the hippocampus represent the formation and expression of new spatial memory traces.

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  • Several studies identified a causal relationship between reactivation and memory consolidation.

    “several studies identified a causal relationship between reactivation and memory consolidation.”

    From Sleep—A brain-state serving systems memory consolidation (2023) · cites this paper as [83]

    The Discussion (page not provided) reports that reactivation predicts later spatial-memory performance and describes a functional link. It does not establish the claimed causal relationship: the authors say experimental evidence has been largely lacking and note that studies disrupting sharp-wave ripples could not rule out effects on consolidation through mechanisms other than reactivation. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • Awake memory reactivations have been shown to enhance subsequent recall performance.

    “awake memory reactivations have been shown to enhance subsequent recall performance.”

    From Sleep—A brain-state serving systems memory consolidation (2023) · cites this paper as [83]

    The Results section (‘Reactivation of waking firing patterns during rest’; page unavailable) reports that goal-related reactivation during rest predicted subsequent spatial-memory performance, and the Discussion says reactivation predicted how well a location was remembered. The paper does not show that awake reactivations themselves enhanced recall: the reported relationship is predictive, and the rest-period events are not identified as exclusively awake. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • One study reported that both the number of SW-Rs during learning a spatial task as well as during subsequent rest were predictive for later memory performance.

    “One study reported that both the number of SW-Rs during learning a spatial task as well as during subsequent rest were predictive for later memory performance (335).”

    From About Sleep's Role in Memory (2013) · cites this paper as [335]

    The Results section on eSWR responses during learning reports that the number of goal-associated SWRs predicted memory performance in the drug-free condition. The Results section on reactivation during rest reports that the *proportion* of rest SWRs representing goal locations predicted subsequent performance, not that the total number of rest SWRs did. Page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.90)

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  • Spontaneous memory reactivations during sleep correlate with later memory performance.

    “and that spontaneous memory reactivations during sleep correlate with later memory performance (335, 448, 449).”

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    The Results section ('Reactivation of waking firing patterns during rest'; page not available) reports that goal-related reactivation during post-learning rest predicted subsequent spatial-memory performance. The Methods ('Training'; page not available) describe that rest session as 'immobility/sleep,' so the paper does not establish that the correlation was specific to reactivations during sleep. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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  • Learning reward locations reorganizes place fields so that areas near those locations become overrepresented.

    “This is thought to result because the learning of reward locations results in the reorganization of place fields so that areas near those locations become overrepresented [61].”

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Authors
Dupret, D., O'Neill, J., Pleydell-Bouverie, B., & Csicsvari, J.
Affiliations
University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Dupret, David
  • Csicsvari, Jozsef
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2010-07-18
Volume
13
Issue
8
Pages
995-1002
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2017766656
Cited by
769
References
60
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FWCI
15.13
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Keywords
hippocampus, spatial memory, place cells, place field remapping, memory consolidation, NMDA receptor, CA1, CA3, memory reactivation
MeSH terms
Animals, Brain Mapping, Electrodes, Implanted, Hippocampus, Male, Memory, Space Perception, Spatial Behavior, Rats, Long-Evans, Rats

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