Retrosplenial cortex and its role in spatial cognition

AS Mitchell, R Czajkowski, N Zhang… - Brain and …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Retrosplenial cortex is a region within the posterior neocortical system, heavily
interconnected with an array of brain networks, both cortical and subcortical, that is …

[HTML][HTML] The mediodorsal thalamus as a higher order thalamic relay nucleus important for learning and decision-making

AS Mitchell - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent evidence from monkey models of cognition shows that the magnocellular
subdivision of the mediodorsal thalamus (MDmc) is more critical for learning new …

What does the mediodorsal thalamus do?

AS Mitchell, S Chakraborty - Frontiers in systems neuroscience, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Dense amnesia can result from damage to the medial diencephalon in humans and in
animals. In humans this damage is diffuse and can include the mediodorsal nuclei of the …

Thalamic control of cognition and social behavior via regulation of gamma-aminobutyric acidergic signaling and excitation/inhibition balance in the medial prefrontal …

BR Ferguson, WJ Gao - Biological psychiatry, 2018 - Elsevier
Background The mediodorsal thalamus plays a critical role in cognition through its extensive
innervation of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), but how the two structures cooperate at …

Cognitive functions and neurodevelopmental disorders involving the prefrontal cortex and mediodorsal thalamus

Z Ouhaz, H Fleming, AS Mitchell - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus (MD) has been implicated in executive functions
(such as planning, cognitive control, working memory, and decision-making) because of its …

[HTML][HTML] Combining brain perturbation and neuroimaging in non-human primates

PC Klink, JF Aubry, VP Ferrera, AS Fox… - NeuroImage, 2021 - Elsevier
Brain perturbation studies allow detailed causal inferences of behavioral and neural
processes. Because the combination of brain perturbation methods and neural …

Advances in understanding mechanisms of thalamic relays in cognition and behavior

AS Mitchell, SM Sherman, MA Sommer… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
The main impetus for a mini-symposium on corticothalamic interrelationships was the recent
number of studies highlighting the role of the thalamus in aspects of cognition beyond …

Circuit-wide structural and functional measures predict ventromedial prefrontal cortex fear generalization: implications for generalized anxiety disorder

J Cha, T Greenberg, JM Carlson… - Journal of …, 2014 - Soc Neuroscience
The ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) plays a critical role in a number of evaluative
processes, including risk assessment. Impaired discrimination between threat and safety is …

Disentangling the influences of multiple thalamic nuclei on prefrontal cortex and cognitive control

JM Phillips, NA Kambi, MJ Redinbaugh… - Neuroscience & …, 2021 - Elsevier
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has a complex relationship with the thalamus, involving many
nuclei which occupy predominantly medial zones along its anterior-to-posterior extent …

Nicotinic, glutamatergic and dopaminergic synaptic transmission and plasticity in the mesocorticolimbic system: focus on nicotine effects

F Pistillo, F Clementi, M Zoli, C Gotti - Progress in neurobiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Cigarette smoking is currently the leading cause of preventable deaths and disability
throughout the world, being responsible for about five million premature deaths/year …