Decoding memory dysfunction in hippocampal amnesia
Miller, T. D.; Hickling, A. L.; Wu, Y. I.; Zhou, J. H.; Handel, A. E.; Coutinho, E.; Pollak, T. A.; Zandi, M. S.; Rosenthal, C. R.; Maguire, E. A.
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The hippocampus reconstructs past experiences by integrating sensory, perceptual, and conceptual information across a cortico-hippocampal autobiographical memory network (AMN). Here, in 18 human participants with amnesia, we decoded the effects of bilateral focal hippocampal damage on distinct autobiographical representations using representational dissimilarity matrices (RDMs). Hippocampal pathology resulted in: (1) impaired generalised episodic memory retrieval RDM model fit in the left angular gyrus; and, (2) reduced distinct episodic memory RDM model fit and trial-by-trial voxel-representational stability in the right angular gyrus, right orbitofrontal cortex, and right inferior frontal gyrus. RDM model fits and mnemonic stability were predicted by total CA23 volumes. Trial-by-trial retrieval stability within the right orbitofrontal cortex and right inferior frontal gyrus predicted autobiographical memory performance, providing the first direct neural correlate between hippocampal dysfunction, altered mnemonic representations, and amnesia. The results demonstrate that hippocampal-mediated amnesia results from impaired mnemonic representational distinctiveness and stability within the AMN.
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