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Dual-Factor Representation of the Environmental Context in the Retrosplenial Cortex.

ABSTRACT: The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is thought to be involved in a variety of spatial and contextual memory processes. However, we do not know how contextual information might be encoded in the RSC or whether the RSC representations may be distinct from context representations seen in other brain regions such as the hippocampus. We recorded RSC neuronal responses while rats explored different environments and discovered 2 kinds of context representations: one involving a novel rate code in which neurons reliably fire at a higher rate in the preferred context regardless of spatial location, and a second involving context-dependent spatial firing patterns similar to those seen in the hippocampus. This suggests that the RSC employs a unique dual-factor representational mechanism to support contextual memory.

SUBMITTER: Miller AMP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8023839 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Dual-Factor Representation of the Environmental Context in the Retrosplenial Cortex.

Miller Adam M P AMP Serrichio Anna C AC Smith David M DM

Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991) 20210301 5

The retrosplenial cortex (RSC) is thought to be involved in a variety of spatial and contextual memory processes. However, we do not know how contextual information might be encoded in the RSC or whether the RSC representations may be distinct from context representations seen in other brain regions such as the hippocampus. We recorded RSC neuronal responses while rats explored different environments and discovered 2 kinds of context representations: one involving a novel rate code in which neur ...[more]

PMID: 33386396

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