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Hippocampo‐cortical and cortico‐cortical backprojections
Author(s) -
Rolls Edmund T.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
hippocampus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.767
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1098-1063
pISSN - 1050-9631
DOI - 10.1002/1098-1063(2000)10:4<380::aid-hipo4>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - neuroscience , cortical neurons , cerebral cortex , psychology
First, the information represented in the primate hippocampus, and what is computed by the primate hippocampus, are considered. Then a theory is described of how the information represented in the hippocampus is able to influence the cerebral cortex by a hierarchy of hippocampo‐cortical and cortico‐cortical backprojection stages. The recalled backprojected information in the cerebral neocortex could then be used by the neocortex as part of memory recall, including that required in spatial working memory; to influence the processing that each cortical stage performs based on its forward inputs; to influence the formation of long‐term memories; and/or in the selection of appropriate actions. Hippocampus 10:380–388, 2000 © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.