Explore the multidisciplinary approach to systems neuroscience in this 26-minute lecture by MIT research scientist Carmen Varela. Delve into the hippocampus's crucial role in forming new memories and encoding spatial information for navigation. Discover how place cells in rat hippocampi encode spatial location during movement. Learn about Dr. Varela's research on the thalamus's function in gating information transfer from the hippocampus to the neocortex. Gain insights into the interconnected network of brain regions involved in long-term memory formation and the potential neural correlates of spatial memory. Examine the importance of interdisciplinarity in studying intelligence and the intersection of AI and neuroscience.
Overview
Syllabus
Intro
Levels of Study in Neuroscience
A Recent, Shared, Memory Experience
The Hippocampus Required for New Memories
Hippocampus and Spatial Navigation
How Could the Hippocampus Represent Information with Spikes?
One Approach to Study Neural Signals: Electrophysiology
HC Cells During Navigation in 10m Track
Hippocampal Place Cells Encode Location
Populations of Cells Encode Spatial Trajectories
A Potential Neural Correlate of Spatial Memory
Memories get 'copied' to other brain regions
Thalamic Cells Branch to HC and Neocortex
Network of Interconnected Regions Important for Long-Term Memory
Drop in Thalamic Activity at the Time of HC Reactivation
Multidisciplinarity. Al & Neuroscience
Taught by
MITCBMM
