TEMPORAL LOBE SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY AND MEMORY

这项工作的目标是了解和描述 视觉记忆的神经机制 为此， 下颞叶皮层单个神经元的活动 当猴子进行视觉操作时， 记忆任务 一个特殊的机会是通过记录 形成前连合的细胞。 是 目前已知的重要细节正在积极 追求-前连合可以（本身）转移 两半球之间的视觉/记忆信息。 因此 有机会对视觉/记忆进行采样 信息不可避免地局限在大脑半球间 交界处。 这种安排的力量在于，在这个阶段， 允许识别特定图像的整个消息， 另一个半球在那里。 将进一步利用 大脑半球间的相互作用，以帮助分开存储和 检索功能。 这项工作的临床相关性不是立即的，但可能是 同样意义深远 该项目的贡献是 直接针对记忆的细胞机制， 如果能充分理解这些问题， 机制没有对重要的， 增加-健康问题涉及记忆。

The board goal of this work is to understand and describe the neural mechanisms underlying visual memory. To do this the activity of single neurons in the cortex of the inferior temporal lobe will be monitored while a monkey is performing a visual memory task. A particular opportunity is provided by recording from the cells which form the anterior commissure. It is presently known - and important details are being actively pursued - that the anterior commissure can (by itself) transfer visual/mnemonic information between the hemispheres. Thus, the opportunity is available to sample the visual/mnemonic information as it is inescapably confined at the interhemispheric junction. The power in this arrangement is that at this stage, the entire message which allows recognition of a particular image by the other hemisphere is there. Further advantage will be taken of interhemispheric interaction to help separate storage and retrieval functions. The clinical relevance of this work is not immediate but may be no less profound for that. The contribution of this project is aimed directly at the cellular mechanisms of memory, and it would be rather surprising if a full understanding of those mechanisms did not have a major impact on the important - and increasing - health problems involving memory.