Nonmonotonic recruitment of ventromedial prefrontal cortex during remote memory recall

被引:13
作者
Barry, Daniel N. [1 ]
Chadwick, Martin J. [2 ]
Maguire, Eleanor A. [1 ]
机构
[1] UCL, Inst Neurol, Wellcome Ctr Human Neuroimaging, London, England
[2] UCL, Inst Behav Neurosci, Div Psychol & Language Sci, Dept Expt Psychol, London, England
来源
PLOS BIOLOGY | 2018年 / 16卷 / 07期
基金
英国惠康基金;
关键词
ANTERIOR CINGULATE CORTEX; CONTEXTUAL FEAR MEMORY; MEDIAL TEMPORAL-LOBE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; SPATIAL MEMORY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY; SYSTEMS CONSOLIDATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; INHIBITORY AVOIDANCE; HIPPOCAMPAL COMPLEX;
D O I
10.1371/journal.pbio.2005479
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Systems-level consolidation refers to the time-dependent reorganisation of memory traces in the neocortex, a process in which the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) has been implicated. Capturing the precise temporal evolution of this crucial process in humans has long proved elusive. Here, we used multivariate methods and a longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) design to detect, with high granularity, the extent to which autobiographical memories of different ages were represented in vmPFC and how this changed over time. We observed an unexpected time course of vmPFC recruitment during retrieval, rising and falling around an initial peak of 8-12 months, before reengaging for older 2-and 5-year-old memories. This pattern was replicated in 2 independent sets of memories. Moreover, it was further replicated in a follow-up study 8 months later with the same participants and memories, for which the individual memory representations had undergone their hypothesised strengthening or weakening over time. We conclude that the temporal engagement of vmPFC in memory retrieval seems to be nonmonotonic, revealing a complex relationship between systems-level consolidation and prefrontal cortex recruitment that is unaccounted for by current theories.
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