NCappaert

From www.temporal-lobe.com

Natalie Cappaert

Natalie L.M. Cappaert is an Assistant Professor in the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Her thesis work was carried out in the Hearing Research Laboratories of the University of Utrecht. During her postdoctoral training her interest shifted toward the Central Nervous System. In her recent research on the network properties of the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex, she has applied a combination of in vitro voltage sensitive dye imaging and extracellular recordings. She currently studies theta oscillations, functional connectivity, and interneuron activity in small neuronal networks.

References

The retrosplenial cortex: intrinsic connectivity and connections with the (para)hippocampal region in the rat. An interactive connectome.

The retrosplenial cortex: intrinsic connectivity and connections with the (para)hippocampal region in the rat. An interactive connectome.

Front Neuroinform. 2011;5:7

Authors: Sugar J, Witter MP, van Strien NM, Cappaert NL

Abstract
A connectome is an indispensable tool for brain researchers, since it quickly provides comprehensive knowledge of the brain's anatomical connections. Such knowledge lies at the basis of understanding network functions. Our first comprehensive and interactive account of brain connections comprised the rat hippocampal-parahippocampal network. We have now added all anatomical connections with the retrosplenial cortex (RSC) as well as the intrinsic connections of this region, because of the interesting functional overlap between these brain regions. The RSC is involved in a variety of cognitive tasks including memory, navigation, and prospective thinking, yet the exact role of the RSC and the functional differences between its subdivisions remain elusive. The connectome presented here may help to define this role by providing an unprecedented interactive and searchable overview of all connections within and between the rat RSC, parahippocampal region and hippocampal formation.

PMID: 21847380 [PubMed - in process]

[?]