title: [Hippocampal-prefrontal cortical circuit and working memory].
abstract: The study on learning and memory is one of the striking subjects in neuroscience today. In the cerebral cortex, it is has been proved that, the hippocampus, the prefrontal cortex and the hippocampal-prefrontal cortical circuit are important to working memory. In this paper, we review findings of the anatomical and electrophysiological characteristics of the hippocampal-prefrontal cortical circuit and the roles of these three structures in working memory.
authors.affiliation: School of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092, China. waov@tom.com
authors.forename: Gong-Wu
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jing-Xia
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D009434:Neural Pathways; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*