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| Title |
Creating a False Memory in the Hippocampus
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| Published in |
Science, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1126/science.1239073 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Steve Ramirez, Xu Liu, Pei-Ann Lin, Junghyup Suh, Michele Pignatelli, Roger L. Redondo, Tomás J. Ryan, Susumu Tonegawa |
| Abstract |
Memories can be unreliable. We created a false memory in mice by optogenetically manipulating memory engram-bearing cells in the hippocampus. Dentate gyrus (DG) or CA1 neurons activated by exposure to a particular context were labeled with channelrhodopsin-2. These neurons were later optically reactivated during fear conditioning in a different context. The DG experimental group showed increased freezing in the original context, in which a foot shock was never delivered. The recall of this false memory was context-specific, activated similar downstream regions engaged during natural fear memory recall, and was also capable of driving an active fear response. Our data demonstrate that it is possible to generate an internally represented and behaviorally expressed fear memory via artificial means. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 503 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 116 | 23% |
| United Kingdom | 19 | 4% |
| Japan | 18 | 4% |
| Spain | 12 | 2% |
| Brazil | 12 | 2% |
| Canada | 9 | 2% |
| France | 9 | 2% |
| Italy | 7 | 1% |
| Germany | 6 | 1% |
| Other | 56 | 11% |
| Unknown | 239 | 48% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 394 | 78% |
| Scientists | 81 | 16% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 16 | 3% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 11 | 2% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 2,694 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 69 | 3% |
| Japan | 15 | <1% |
| Germany | 14 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | <1% |
| France | 10 | <1% |
| Canada | 8 | <1% |
| Spain | 8 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 7 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 6 | <1% |
| Other | 63 | 2% |
| Unknown | 2483 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 698 | 26% |
| Researcher | 443 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 420 | 16% |
| Student > Master | 322 | 12% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 124 | 5% |
| Other | 396 | 15% |
| Unknown | 291 | 11% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 879 | 33% |
| Neuroscience | 653 | 24% |
| Psychology | 263 | 10% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 166 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 97 | 4% |
| Other | 288 | 11% |
| Unknown | 348 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1299. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 April 2024.
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#10,382
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Outputs from Science
#538
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#37
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#4
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