Hippocampus and memory. Can we have our place and fear it too?

Neuron. 2003 Feb 6;37(3):372-4. doi: 10.1016/s0896-6273(03)00061-8.

Abstract

Theories of hippocampal function are often split into cognitive map theories and relational/episodic memory theories. In this issue of Neuron, show that hippocampal cells respond to the combination of spatial location and conditioned stimuli in a nonspatial fear conditioning task, suggesting a potential bridge between the competing theories of hippocampal function.

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Fear / physiology*
  • Hippocampus / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Memory / physiology*
  • Space Perception / physiology*