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Hippocampal and cortical high-frequency oscillations orchestrate human semantic networks during word list memory
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Hippocampal and cortical high-frequency oscillations orchestrate human semantic networks during word list memory

Akash Mishra, Serdar Akkol, Elizabeth Espinal, Noah Markowitz, Gelana Tostaeva, Elisabeth Freund, Ashesh D. Mehta and Stephan Bickel
iScience, v 28(4), 112171
18 Apr 2025
PMID: 40235588
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.112171View
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Abstract

Cognitive neuroscience Linguistics
Episodic memory requires the precise coordination between the hippocampus and distributed cortical regions. This may be facilitated by bursts of brain activity called high-frequency oscillations (HFOs). We hypothesized that HFOs activate specific networks during memory retrieval and aimed to describe the electrophysiological properties of HFO-associated activity. To study this, we recorded intracranial electroencephalography while human participants performed a list learning task. Hippocampal HFOs (hHFOs) increased during encoding and retrieval, and these increases correlated with memory performance. During retrieval, hHFOs demonstrated activation of semantic processing regions that were previously active during encoding. This consisted of broadband high-frequency activity (HFA) and cortical HFOs. HFOs in the anterior temporal lobe, a major semantic hub, co-occurred with hHFOs, particularly during retrieval. These coincident HFOs were associated with greater cortical HFA and cortical theta bursts. Hence, HFOs may support synchronization of activity across distributed nodes of the hippocampal-cortical memory network.

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