Uncovering the neural basis of emotional memories
Ariel K. Feldman, Program in Neural Computation
A Moment of Reflection
Early Holidays
First Love
Loss of a Loved One
College Acceptances/Rejections
Medical Emergencies
Theories of Memory Formation & Storage
What's the difference?
Connectivity of Hippocampus & Amygdala
Pitkänen et al., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 2006
What are we interested in?
What is the functional connectivity between the hippocampus and the lateral amygdala?
How does the response of lateral amygdala change as the animal learns to associate a cue with a reward?
So how do we test this?
Hippocampal & Amygdala Oscillations
Theta Oscillations
Gamma Oscillations
Sharp Wave Ripples (SWRs)
How will we approach this?
Why do we care?