The Amygdala and Prioritization of Declarative Memories

The present review highlights results from recent studies that delivered brief electrical stimulation to the basolateral complex of the amygdala in rats to reveal its capacity to prioritize declarative memories on a moment-to-moment basis even after the moment has passed. The results indicate that t...

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Published in:Current directions in psychological science : a journal of the American Psychological Society 2016-08, Vol.25 (4), p.261-265
Main Authors: Manns, Joseph R., Bass, David I.
Format: Article
Language:English
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Animal memory
Brain
Rodents
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Summary:The present review highlights results from recent studies that delivered brief electrical stimulation to the basolateral complex of the amygdala in rats to reveal its capacity to prioritize declarative memories on a moment-to-moment basis even after the moment has passed. The results indicate that this memory enhancement depends on the hippocampus and elicits intrahippocampal gamma synchrony that possibly corresponds with sharpened hippocampal spike-timing dependent plasticity. These recent findings are discussed in relation to past studies of emotional memory in rodents and humans.
ISSN:0963-7214
1467-8721
DOI:10.1177/0963721416654456