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Recent Work (10)
Amplicon Sequencing of Rock-Inhabiting Microbial Communities from Joshua Tree National Park, USA.
Endolithic microorganisms have been reported to date in hot and cold drylands worldwide, where they represent the prevailing life forms ensuring ecosystem functionality, playing a paramount role in global biogeochemical processes. We report here an amplicon sequencing characterization of rocks collected from Joshua Tree National Park (JTNP), USA.
Specific hippocampal representations are linked to generalized cortical representations in memory.
Memories link information about specific experiences to more general knowledge that is abstracted from and contextualizes those experiences. Hippocampal-cortical activity patterns representing features of past experience are reinstated during awake memory reactivation events, but whether representations of both specific and general features of experience are simultaneously reinstated remains unknown. We examined hippocampal and prefrontal cortical firing patterns during memory reactivation in rats performing a well-learned foraging task with multiple spatial paths. We found that specific hippocampal place representations are preferentially reactivated with the subset of prefrontal cortical task representations that generalize across different paths. Our results suggest that hippocampal-cortical networks maintain links between stored representations for specific and general features of experience, which could support abstraction and task guidance in mammals.
Related Research Centers & Groups
- UC Discovery Grant Program; a funding opportunity through UC Research Initiatives (UCRI)
- Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC)
- UC Lab Fees Research Program (LFRP); a funding opportunity through UC Research Initiatives (UCRI)
- Multicampus Research Programs and Initiatives (MRPI); a funding opportunity through UC Research Initiatives (UCRI)
- Proof of Concept Commercialization Gap Grants (PoC); a funding opportunity through UC Research Initiatives (UCRI)
- California Breast Cancer Research Program
- Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program
- California HIV/AIDS Research Program
- Research Grants Program Office (RGPO)