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Waters SJ, Basile BM, Murray EA. Reevaluating the role of the hippocampus in memory: A meta-analysis of neurotoxic lesion studies in nonhuman primates. Hippocampus 2023; 33:787-807. [PMID: 36649170 PMCID: PMC10213107 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23499] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2022] [Revised: 12/21/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The hippocampus and perirhinal cortex are both broadly implicated in memory; nevertheless, their relative contributions to visual item recognition and location memory remain disputed. Neuropsychological studies in nonhuman primates that examine memory function after selective damage to medial temporal lobe structures report various levels of memory impairment-ranging from minor deficits to profound amnesia. The discrepancies in published findings have complicated efforts to determine the exact magnitude of visual item recognition and location memory impairments following damage to the hippocampus and/or perirhinal cortex. To provide the most accurate estimate to date of the overall effect size, we use meta-analytic techniques on data aggregated from 26 publications that assessed visual item recognition and/or location memory in nonhuman primates with and without selective neurotoxic lesions of the hippocampus or perirhinal cortex. We estimated the overall effect size, evaluated the relation between lesion extent and effect size, and investigated factors that may account for between-study variation. Grouping studies by lesion target and testing method, separate meta-analyses were conducted. One meta-analysis indicated that impairments on tests of visual item recognition were larger after lesions of perirhinal cortex than after lesions of the hippocampus. A separate meta-analysis showed that performance on tests of location memory was severely impaired by lesions of the hippocampus. For the most part, meta-regressions indicated that greater impairment corresponds with greater lesion extent; paradoxically, however, more extensive hippocampal lesions predicted smaller impairments on tests of visual item recognition. We conclude the perirhinal cortex makes a larger contribution than the hippocampus to visual item recognition, and the hippocampus predominately contributes to spatial navigation.
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Affiliation(s)
- Spencer J. Waters
- Section on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda MD 20892, USA
- Interdisciplinary Program in Neuroscience, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA
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- Section on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda MD 20892, USA
- Department of Psychology, Dickinson College, Carlisle PA, USA
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- Section on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, Bethesda MD 20892, USA
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Kumral E, Zirek O. Major neurocognitive disorder followıng isolated hippocampal ischemıc lesions. J Neurol Sci 2017; 372:496-500. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2016.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 11/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Brandt T, Huber M, Schramm H, Kugler G, Dieterich M, Glasauer S. "Taller and Shorter": Human 3-D Spatial Memory Distorts Familiar Multilevel Buildings. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0141257. [PMID: 26509927 PMCID: PMC4624999 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Animal experiments report contradictory findings on the presence of a behavioural and neuronal anisotropy exhibited in vertical and horizontal capabilities of spatial orientation and navigation. We performed a pointing experiment in humans on the imagined 3-D direction of the location of various invisible goals that were distributed horizontally and vertically in a familiar multilevel hospital building. The 21 participants were employees who had worked for years in this building. The hypothesis was that comparison of the experimentally determined directions and the true directions would reveal systematic inaccuracy or dimensional anisotropy of the localizations. The study provides first evidence that the internal representation of a familiar multilevel building was distorted compared to the dimensions of the true building: vertically 215% taller and horizontally 51% shorter. This was not only demonstrated in the mathematical reconstruction of the mental model based on the analysis of the pointing experiments but also by the participants’ drawings of the front view and the ground plan of the building. Thus, in the mental model both planes were altered in different directions: compressed for the horizontal floor plane and stretched for the vertical column plane. This could be related to human anisotropic behavioural performance of horizontal and vertical navigation in such buildings.
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- Thomas Brandt
- Clinical Neuroscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders—IFBLMU (DSGZ), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience; Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Hertie Foundation, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
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- Clinical Neuroscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Center for Sensorimotor Research; Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
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- Clinical Neuroscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Center for Sensorimotor Research; Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
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- Clinical Neuroscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
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- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders—IFBLMU (DSGZ), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy), Munich, Germany
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- Clinical Neuroscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- German Center for Vertigo and Balance Disorders—IFBLMU (DSGZ), Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Center for Sensorimotor Research; Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
- Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience; Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
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Isolated hippocampal infarcts: Vascular and neuropsychological findings. J Neurol Sci 2015; 356:83-9. [PMID: 26142022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2015.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Revised: 06/04/2015] [Accepted: 06/07/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The hippocampus plays a role in the verbal and spatial memory processing, learning, and emotions. The purpose of this study was to determine clinical, etiological, and radiological features of isolated hippocampal infarcts. METHODS We reviewed, 6800 patients with first-ever ischaemic stroke included in our Stroke Registry between 2004 and 2014. Among them we studied 19 patients with an acute isolated hippocampal infarct confirmed by MRI. RESULTS Among 6800 patients, 19 patients (0.03%) showed ischaemic lesions in the hippocampal artery territory, allowing us to delineate 5 variant distributions; (1) anterior hippocampal infarcts (4 patients [21%]) were present with altered consciousness, transient visual vivid hallucinations, and transient global amnesia with episodic and verbal memory deficits. (2) Posterior hippocampal infarcts (3 patients [16%]) developed dizziness and dullness at stroke onset, confusion, episodic and procedural memory deficit and verbal learning deficit. (3) Unilateral complete hippocampal infarcts were present (4 patients [21%]) with confusion, object specific hallucinations, intense mood states changes as well as impulsivity or depressive behaviour. Memory dysfunctions were found in all patients. (4) Bilateral hippocampal infarcts (3 patients [16%]) had cognitive deficits and memory deficits in all patients. All patients had difficulties retrieving specific autobiographical events and retrieving recent memory, and disturbances of learning in verbal and visual task. Hippocampal dementia was observed in 2 patients with severe immediate, delayed verbal and visual memory deficits, dysexecutive syndrome, deficits in responding to feedback and error correction with dull and aimless appearance lasting several months. (5) Small circumscribed (punctiform) hippocampal infarcts (5 patients [26%]) showed dizziness or dullness sensation and difficulties finding words or objects that they use everyday. Cardioembolism (10; 53%) and large-artery disease of the vertebrobasilar system (6; 32%) were the main stroke mechanisms. CONCLUSIONS We described topographic patterns of hippocampal infarction with distinct manifestations and etiologies. We thought that different patterns of hippocampal infarcts are the result of variation in hippocampal arterial supply or reflect a source of embolism.
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Claessen MHG, van der Ham IJM, Jagersma E, Visser-Meily JMA. Navigation strategy training using virtual reality in six chronic stroke patients: A novel and explorative approach to the rehabilitation of navigation impairment. Neuropsychol Rehabil 2015; 26:822-46. [PMID: 26040931 DOI: 10.1080/09602011.2015.1045910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Recent studies have shown that navigation impairment is a common complaint after brain injury. Effective training programmes aiming to improve navigation ability in neurological patients are, however, scarce. The few reported programmes are merely focused on recalling specific routes rather than encouraging brain-damaged patients to use an alternative navigation strategy, applicable to any route. Our aim was therefore to investigate the feasibility of a (virtual reality) navigation training as a tool to instruct chronic stroke patients to adopt an alternative navigation strategy. Navigation ability was systematically assessed before the training. The training approach was then determined based on the individual pattern of navigation deficits of each patient. The use of virtual reality in the navigation strategy training in six middle-aged stroke patients was found to be highly feasible. Furthermore, five patients learned to (partially) apply an alternative navigation strategy in the virtual environment, suggesting that navigation strategies are mouldable rather than static. In the evaluation of their training experiences, the patients judged the training as valuable and proposed some suggestions for further improvement. The notion that the navigation strategy people use can be influenced after a short training procedure is a novel finding and initiates a direction for future studies.
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- Michiel H G Claessen
- a Experimental Psychology , Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University , Utrecht , The Netherlands.,b Brain Centre Rudolf Magnus and Centre of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine , University Medical Centre Utrecht and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- a Experimental Psychology , Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University , Utrecht , The Netherlands
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- b Brain Centre Rudolf Magnus and Centre of Excellence for Rehabilitation Medicine , University Medical Centre Utrecht and De Hoogstraat Rehabilitation, Utrecht , The Netherlands
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Travis SG, Huang Y, Fujiwara E, Radomski A, Olsen F, Carter R, Seres P, Malykhin NV. High field structural MRI reveals specific episodic memory correlates in the subfields of the hippocampus. Neuropsychologia 2013; 53:233-45. [PMID: 24296251 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.11.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2013] [Revised: 11/22/2013] [Accepted: 11/23/2013] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The involvement of the hippocampus (HC) in episodic memory is well accepted; however it is unclear how each subfield within the HC contributes to memory function. Recent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies suggest differential involvement of hippocampal subfields and subregions in episodic memory. However, most structural MRI studies have examined the HC subfields within a single subregion of the HC and used specialised experimental memory paradigms. The purpose of the present study was to determine the association between volumes of HC subfields throughout the entire HC structure and performance on standard neuropsychological memory tests in a young, healthy population. We recruited 34 healthy participants under the age of 50. MRI data was acquired with a fast spin echo (FSE) sequence yielding a 0.52×0.68×1.0 mm(3) native resolution. The HC subfields - the cornu ammonis 1-3 (CA), dentate gyrus (DG), and subiculum (SUB) - were segmented manually within three hippocampal subregions using a previously defined protocol. Participants were administered the Wechsler Memory Scale, 4th edition (WMS-IV) to assess performance in episodic memory using verbal (Logical Memory, LM) and visual (Designs, DE; visual-spatial memory, DE-Spatial; visual-content memory, DE-Content) memory subtests. Working memory subtests (Spatial Addition, SA; and Symbol Span, SSP) were included as well. Working memory was not associated with any HC volumes. Volumes of the DG were correlated with verbal memory (LM) and visual-spatial memory (DE-Spatial). Posterior CA volumes correlated with both visual-spatial and visual-object memory (DE-Spatial, DE-Content). In general, anterior subregion volumes (HC head) correlated with verbal memory, while some anterior and many posterior HC subregion volumes (body and tail) correlated with visual memory scores (DE-Spatial, DE-Content). In addition, while verbal memory showed left-lateralized associations with HC volumes, visual memory was associated with HC volumes bilaterally. This the first study to examine the associations between hippocampal subfield volumes across the entire hippocampal formation with performance in a set of standard memory tasks.
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- S G Travis
- Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2V2
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2V2
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- Centre for Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2V2.
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Alpha-tocopherol in the brain tissue preservation of stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats. J Physiol Biochem 2013; 70:49-60. [DOI: 10.1007/s13105-013-0279-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Beck B, Pourié G. Ghrelin, neuropeptide Y, and other feeding-regulatory peptides active in the hippocampus: role in learning and memory. Nutr Rev 2013; 71:541-61. [PMID: 23865799 DOI: 10.1111/nure.12045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The hippocampus is a brain region of primary importance for neurogenesis, which occurs during early developmental states as well as during adulthood. Increases in neuronal proliferation and in neuronal death with age have been associated with drastic changes in memory and learning. Numerous neurotransmitters are involved in these processes, and some neuropeptides that mediate neurogenesis also modulate feeding behavior. Concomitantly, feeding peptides, which act primarily in the hypothalamus, are also present in the hippocampus. This review aims to ascertain the role of several important feeding peptides in cognitive functions, either through their local synthesis in the hippocampus or through their actions via specific receptors in the hippocampus. A link between neurogenesis and the orexigenic or anorexigenic properties of feeding peptides is discussed.
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- Bernard Beck
- INSERM U954, Nutrition, Génétique et Expositions aux Risques Environnementaux, Faculté de Médecine, Vandœuvre, France.
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The hippocampus is thought to be involved in memory formation and consolidation, with computational models proposing the process of pattern separation as a means for encoding overlapping memories. Previous research has used semantically related targets and lures to investigate hippocampal responses to mnemonic interference. Here, we attempted to define the response function of the human hippocampus and its inputs during pattern separation by parametrically varying target-lure similarity in a continuous recognition task. We also investigated the effect of task demands (intentional vs incidental encoding) on pattern separation processes. We collected functional magnetic resonance imaging data while participants were shown a series of objects. In the intentional paradigm, participants identified objects as "new" (novel stimuli), "old" (exact repetitions), or "rotated" (previously seen objects that were subsequently rotated by varied degrees). In the incidental paradigm, participants were shown the same stimuli but identified objects as "toy" or "not toy." Activation in the hippocampus was best fit with a power function, consistent with predictions made by computational models of pattern separation processes in the hippocampus. The degree of pattern separation was driven by the information most relevant to the task: pattern separation was seen in the left hippocampus when semantic information was more important to the task and seen in the right hippocampus when spatial information was more important. We also present data illustrating that top-down processes modulate activity in the ventral visual processing stream.
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