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The Journal of Neuroscience, August 15, 2000, 20(16):6173-6180
Prefrontal-Temporal Circuitry for Episodic Encoding and
Subsequent Memory
Brenda A.
Kirchhoff1,
Anthony D.
Wagner2, 3,
Anat
Maril4, and
Chantal E.
Stern1, 3
1 Department of Psychology, Boston University, Boston,
Massachusetts 02215, 2 Department of Brain and Cognitive
Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge,
Massachusetts 02139, 3 Massachusetts General Hospital
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts
02129, and 4 Department of Psychology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Humans encounter and form memories for multiple types of
experiences that differ in content, novelty, and memorability. Critical for understanding memory is determining (1) how the brain
supports the encoding of events with differing content and (2) whether neural regions that are sensitive to novelty also influence whether stimuli will be subsequently remembered. This event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) study crossed content
(picture/word), novelty (novel/repeated), and subsequent memory
(remembered/forgotten) to examine prefrontal and temporal lobe
contributions to encoding. Results revealed three patterns of
encoding-related activation in anatomically connected inferior
prefrontal and lateral temporal structures that appeared to vary
depending on whether visuospatial/visuo-object, phonological/lexical,
or semantic attributes were processed. Event content also modulated
medial temporal lobe activity; word encoding predominately activated
the left hemisphere, whereas picture encoding activated both
hemispheres. Critically, in prefrontal and temporal regions that were
modulated by novelty, the magnitude of encoding activation also
predicted whether an event would be subsequently remembered. These
results suggest that (1) regions that demonstrate a sensitivity to
novelty may actively support encoding processes that impact subsequent
explicit memory and (2) multiple content-dependent prefrontal-temporal
circuits support event encoding. The similarities between prefrontal
and lateral temporal encoding responses raise the possibility that
prefrontal modulation of posterior cortical representations is central
to encoding.
Key words:
declarative memory; explicit memory; fMRI; neuroimaging; human memory; prefrontal cortex; medial temporal lobe; parahippocampal
gyrus; hippocampus
Copyright © 2000 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/00/20166173-08$05.00/0
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