Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

The lateralization of left hippocampal CA3 during the retrieval of spatial working memory

  • Da Song,
  • Deheng Wang,
  • Qinghu Yang,
  • Tianyi Yan,
  • Zhe Wang,
  • Yan Yan,
  • Juan Zhao,
  • Zhen Xie,
  • Yuchen Liu,
  • Zunji Ke,
  • Talal Jamil Qazi,
  • Yanhui Li,
  • Yili Wu,
  • Qing Shi,
  • Yiran Lang,
  • Heao Zhang,
  • Tao Huang,
  • Chunjian Wang,
  • Zhenzhen Quan,
  • Hong Qing

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16698-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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The CA3 region of the hippocampus is involved in spatial working memory. Here, the authors show that neurons in the left CA3 are more active in the choice phase of correct trials of spatial working memory than neurons in the right CA3, revealing lateralization of spatial working memory.