2018 AANS Annual Scientific Meeting-621. Gamma and Theta Band Power Increases in the Anterior and Posterior Hippocampus Predict Successful Episodic Memory Formation

621. Gamma and Theta Band Power Increases in the Anterior and Posterior Hippocampus Predict Successful Episodic Memory Formation

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In this video, Dr. James Caruso presents research on the use of scalp EEG to study differences in oscillatory power in the anterior and posterior hippocampus during episodic memory formation. He discusses the importance of theta oscillations in memory formation and how they have been studied in rodents but less so in humans. Dr. Caruso then presents the results of the study, showing a significant power increase in the posterior hippocampus but not in the anterior hippocampus during successful item encoding. He suggests that these differences may indicate functional specialization along the anterior-posterior axis of the hippocampus. The video concludes with acknowledgments and a discussion with audience members. No credits are mentioned. (161 words)

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James Phillip Caruso, MD

Keywords

scalp EEG

oscillatory power

anterior hippocampus

posterior hippocampus

episodic memory formation