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Movement-related theta rhythm in humans: coordinating self-directed hippocampal learning

Kaplan, Raphael ; Doeller, Christian F ; Barnes, Gareth R ; Litvak, Vladimir ; Düzel, Emrah ; Bandettini, Peter A ; Burgess, Neil Eichenbaum, Howard B.

PLoS Biology, 2012-02, Vol.10 (2), p.e1001267-e1001267 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

United States: Public Library of Science

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    Movement-related theta rhythm in humans: coordinating self-directed hippocampal learning
  • Author: Kaplan, Raphael ; Doeller, Christian F ; Barnes, Gareth R ; Litvak, Vladimir ; Düzel, Emrah ; Bandettini, Peter A ; Burgess, Neil
  • Eichenbaum, Howard B.
  • Subjects: Adolescent ; Adult ; Behavior ; Biology ; Brain ; Electric properties ; Experiments ; Functional Neuroimaging ; Health aspects ; Hippocampus (Brain) ; Hippocampus - physiology ; Human mechanics ; Humans ; Independent study ; Learning ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Magnetoencephalography ; Male ; Medical imaging ; Memory ; Movement ; Network hubs ; NMR ; Nuclear magnetic resonance ; Physiological aspects ; Post traumatic stress disorder ; Rodents ; Theta Rhythm ; Young Adult
  • Is Part Of: PLoS Biology, 2012-02, Vol.10 (2), p.e1001267-e1001267
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    The author(s) have made the following declarations about their contributions: Conceived and designed the experiments: CD NB RK. Performed the experiments: RK CD. Analyzed the data: RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB VL CD. Wrote the paper: RK CD NB PB ED.
  • Description: The hippocampus is crucial for episodic or declarative memory and the theta rhythm has been implicated in mnemonic processing, but the functional contribution of theta to memory remains the subject of intense speculation. Recent evidence suggests that the hippocampus might function as a network hub for volitional learning. In contrast to human experiments, electrophysiological recordings in the hippocampus of behaving rodents are dominated by theta oscillations reflecting volitional movement, which has been linked to spatial exploration and encoding. This literature makes the surprising cross-species prediction that the human hippocampal theta rhythm supports memory by coordinating exploratory movements in the service of self-directed learning. We examined the links between theta, spatial exploration, and memory encoding by designing an interactive human spatial navigation paradigm combined with multimodal neuroimaging. We used both non-invasive whole-head Magnetoencephalography (MEG) to look at theta oscillations and Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) to look at brain regions associated with volitional movement and learning. We found that theta power increases during the self-initiation of virtual movement, additionally correlating with subsequent memory performance and environmental familiarity. Performance-related hippocampal theta increases were observed during a static pre-navigation retrieval phase, where planning for subsequent navigation occurred. Furthermore, periods of the task showing movement-related theta increases showed decreased fMRI activity in the parahippocampus and increased activity in the hippocampus and other brain regions that strikingly overlap with the previously observed volitional learning network (the reverse pattern was seen for stationary periods). These fMRI changes also correlated with participant's performance. Our findings suggest that the human hippocampal theta rhythm supports memory by coordinating exploratory movements in the service of self-directed learning. These findings directly extend the role of the hippocampus in spatial exploration in rodents to human memory and self-directed learning.
  • Publisher: United States: Public Library of Science
  • Language: English
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