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The nucleus accumbens and learning and memory
Author(s) -
Setlow Barry
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of neuroscience research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.72
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1097-4547
pISSN - 0360-4012
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4547(19970901)49:5<515::aid-jnr1>3.0.co;2-e
Subject(s) - nucleus accumbens , memory consolidation , neuroscience , hippocampal formation , psychology , long term memory , memory formation , declarative memory , cognitive psychology , hippocampus , central nervous system , cognition
Abstract Recent research on the nucleus accumbens (NA) indicates that this brain region is involved in learning and memory processes in a way that is separable from its other well‐known roles in behavior, such as motivation, reward, and locomotor activity. These findings have suggested that 1) the NA may be involved in declarative, or hippocampal formation‐dependent learning and memory, and not in several other non‐declarative forms of learning and memory, and 2) the NA may be selectively involved in certain stages of learning and memory. These characteristics suggest that the NA may be part of a larger striatal system which subserves acquisition and consolidation, but is not a site of long‐term storage, of different forms of learning and memory. J. Neurosci. Res. 49:515–521, 1997. © 1997 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.