title: Bridging the gap between brain and behavior: cognitive and neural mechanisms of episodic memory.
abstract: The notion that non-human animals are capable of episodic memory is highly controversial. Here, we review recent behavioral work from our laboratory showing that the fundamental features of episodic memory can be observed in rats and that, as in humans, this capacity relies on the hippocampus. We also discuss electrophysiological evidence, from our laboratory and that of others, pointing to associative and sequential coding in hippocampal cells as potential neural mechanisms underlying episodic memory.
authors.affiliation: Center for Memory and Brain, Boston University, Massachusetts 02215, USA. hbe@bu.edu
authors.forename: Howard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Eichenbaum
authors.forename: Norbert J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Fortin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000502:physiology; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D017774:Long-Term Potentiation / Q000502:physiology; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D009042:Motivation; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D012153:Retention, Psychology / Q000502:physiology; D013045:Species Specificity