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Responses of Human Medial Temporal Lobe Neurons Are Modulated by Stimulus Repetition
Abstract
Recent studies have reported the presence of single neurons with strong responses to visual inputs in the human medial temporal lobe. Here we show how repeated stimulus presentation—photos of celebrities and familiar individuals, landmark buildings, animals, and objects—modulates the firing rate of these cells: a consistent decrease in the neural activity was registered as images were repeatedly shown during experimental sessions. The effect of repeated stimulus presentation was not the same for all medial temporal lobe areas. These findings are consistent with the view that medial temporal lobe neurons link visual percepts to declarative memory.
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© 2010 American Physiological Society. Submitted 15 December 2008; accepted in final form 20 October 2009. We thank all the patients for participating in our study and M. J. Ison, J. Martinez, and S. Thill for discussions. This work was supported by grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, Medical Research Council, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Mental Health, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, and the Mathers Foundation. F. Mormann acknowledges support from Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship from the European Commission.Attached Files
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- PMCID
- PMC2807242
- Eprint ID
- 17420
- DOI
- 10.1152/jn.91323.2008
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20100208-114619968
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- 10.1152/jn.91323.2008 (DOI)
Funding
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
- Medical Research Council (MRC)
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Mathers Foundation
- Marie Curie Fellowship
- NIH
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