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Representation of object-in-context within mouse hippocampal neuronal activity
- Date Issued:
- 2013
- Summary:
- The rodent hippocampus is critical for processing spatial memory but its contribution to non-spatial, specifically object memory is debated. The cognitive map theory of hippocampal function states that the hippocampus stores relationships of goal locations (places) to discrete items (objects) encountered within environments. Dorsal CA1 place cells were recorded in male C57BL/6J mice performing three variations of the novel object recognition paradigm to define "object-in-context" representation of hippocampal neuronal activity that may support object memory. Results indicate, (i) that place field stability is higher when polarizing environmental cues are provided during object recognition; (ii) hippocampal place fields remain stable throughout the novel object recognition testing without a polarizing cue; and (iii) time dependent effects on stability when objects were dissociated from the context. These data indirectly support that the rodent hippocampus processes object memory, and challenge the view that "object-in-context" representations are formed when mice perform novel object recognition task.
Title: | Representation of object-in-context within mouse hippocampal neuronal activity. |
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Name(s): |
Asgeirsdottir, Herborg Nanna Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Department of Psychology |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Electronic Thesis Or Dissertation | |
Date Issued: | 2013 | |
Publisher: | Florida Atlantic University | |
Physical Form: | electronic | |
Extent: | viii, 87 p. : ill. (some col.) | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | The rodent hippocampus is critical for processing spatial memory but its contribution to non-spatial, specifically object memory is debated. The cognitive map theory of hippocampal function states that the hippocampus stores relationships of goal locations (places) to discrete items (objects) encountered within environments. Dorsal CA1 place cells were recorded in male C57BL/6J mice performing three variations of the novel object recognition paradigm to define "object-in-context" representation of hippocampal neuronal activity that may support object memory. Results indicate, (i) that place field stability is higher when polarizing environmental cues are provided during object recognition; (ii) hippocampal place fields remain stable throughout the novel object recognition testing without a polarizing cue; and (iii) time dependent effects on stability when objects were dissociated from the context. These data indirectly support that the rodent hippocampus processes object memory, and challenge the view that "object-in-context" representations are formed when mice perform novel object recognition task. | |
Identifier: | 858621040 (oclc), 3362339 (digitool), FADT3362339 (IID), fau:4177 (fedora) | |
Note(s): |
by Herborg Nanna âAsgeirsdâottir. Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2013. Includes bibliography. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Adobe Reader. |
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Subject(s): |
Mice as laboratory animals Hippocampus (Brain) Neurotransmitter receptors Cellular control mechanisms Cellular signal transduction |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3362339 | |
Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
Host Institution: | FAU |