Social memory goes viral

TitleSocial memory goes viral
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2016
AuthorsKapil Saxena, Richard G. M. Morris
JournalScience
Volume353
Issue6307
Pagination1496-1497
ISSN00368075
Abstract

The article discusses what is referred to the viral-based behavioral technique used to analyze the social memory of mice, referencing an article in the issue co-authored by scientist T. Okuyama. An overview the role that the brain's ventral hippocampus plays in storing social memory, including in regard to the connectivity between the hippocampus and the nucleus accumbens, is provided.

DOI10.1126/science.aai7788