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The Journal of Neuroscience, December 8, 2004, 24(49):11088-11097; doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3807-04.2004

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Persistence of Parahippocampal Representation in the Absence of Stimulus Input Enhances Long-Term Encoding: A Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Subsequent Memory after a Delayed Match-to-Sample Task

Karin Schon,^1,2 Michael E. Hasselmo,^1,2,3 Matthew L. LoPresti,^2,3 Marisa D. Tricarico,² and Chantal E. Stern^1,2,3,4

¹Department of Psychology, ²Center for Memory and Brain, and ³Program in Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, and ⁴Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129

Recent theoretical models based on cellular processes in parahippocampal structures show that persistent neuronal spiking in the absence of stimulus input is important for encoding. The goal of this study was to examine in humans how sustained activity in the parahippocampal gyrus may underlie long-term encoding as well as active maintenance of novel information. The relationship between long-term encoding and active maintenance of novel information during brief memory delays was studied using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in humans performing a delayed matching-to-sample (DMS) task and a post-scan subsequent recognition memory task of items encountered during DMS task performance. Multiple regression analyses revealed fMRI activity in parahippocampal structures associated with the active maintenance of trial-unique visual information during a brief memory delay. In addition to a role in active maintenance, we found that the subsequent memory for the sample stimuli as measured by the post-scan subsequent recognition memory task correlated with activity in the parahippocampal gyrus during the delay period. The results provide direct evidence that encoding mechanisms are engaged during brief memory delays when novel information is actively maintained. The relationship between active maintenance during the delay period and long-term subsequent memory is consistent with current theoretical models and experimental data that suggest that long-term encoding is enhanced by sustained parahippocampal activity.

Key words: memory; parahippocampal; neuroimaging; medial temporal lobe; delayed match to sample; computational modeling

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Received April 7, 2004; revised October 22, 2004; accepted October 30, 2004.

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