Publications by authors named "Kosaku Miyake"
Acute Effects of Ethanol on Hippocampal Spatial Representation and Offline Reactivation.
Front Cell Neurosci
November 2020
Article Synopsis
- Acute alcohol exposure negatively impacts spatial memory in the hippocampus by altering the firing patterns of place cells, which are responsible for representing specific locations.
- In rats given ethanol, some place cells showed reduced activity during a spatial task, while new place fields emerged, indicating a partial reorganization of spatial memory maps.
- However, ethanol did not significantly affect the hippocampal sharp-wave ripples or spike patterns during rest, suggesting that it primarily disrupts how new information is encoded rather than affecting memory consolidation or retrieval processes.