NBB 302 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Parahippocampal Gyrus, List Of Thalamic Nuclei, Long-Term Memory
26 Feb 2018
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Nova vide: memory hackers (36-41) https://www. youtube. com/watch?v=uiqzhrucrtw: optogenetics: can alter memories in mice, genetically modify mice genome to have this part of algae genome that is sensitive to light. Chapter 9: memory (379-415: introduction, patient h. m: seizures , epilepsy --> bilateral resection of medial temporal lobes (amygdala, entorhinal cortex, hippocampi) Remembered everything up until a few years ago, had short-term memory, no new long-term memory: now they make sure to only perform unilateral temporal lobectomy, learning: acq new info memory: outcome of learning. Storage: result of acq and consolidation; permanent record of memory. Retrieval: accessing stored info; create conscious rep/execute learned behavior. Temporally limited: extending back only a few min/hours. Temporally gradient: "ribot"s law" amnesia greatest for most recent events (th odule ribot: patient h. m. Normal short-term and procedural memory: normal digit-span abilities (# numbers in memory over short time) Poor on digit span tests that req acq of new long-term memories.
