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SUMMARY:The principles and functions of (hippocampal) memory reconsolidati
 on - Dr Jonathan Lee\, School of Psychology\, University of Birmingham
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CONTACT:Louise White
DESCRIPTION:Memory reconsolidation\, defined as the process that is someti
 mes initiated by memory retrieval\, the disruption of which leads to amnes
 ia\, is a potential target for therapeutics in PTSD and drug addiction. Th
 is talk will address some of the central principles of memory reconsolidat
 ion. These principles are important both for understanding the putative ad
 aptive function of reconsolidation\, and for the optimisation of any trans
 lational application. While the talk will be centred nominally on hippocam
 pal contextual fear memories\, given our ability to isolate the contributi
 on of reconsolidation to memory processes\, it will also draw on findings 
 from other hippocampal and non-hippocampal memories.\n\n- I am very much a
  Cambridge-trained behavioural neuroscientist\, having studied Natural Sci
 ences (Part II Neuroscience) and then undertaken a PhD with Barry Everitt.
  My initial work was focussed purely on fear memories\, in particular the 
 reconsolidation of contextual fear memories. While a post-doc in Barry's l
 ab\, we applied our findings to settings of cue-induced cocaine-seeking \,
  and then the seeking of natural rewards. Since then\, both in Cambridge a
 nd subsequently in Birmingham\, I have been focussed on the basic mechanis
 ms of memory reconsolidation\, with a particular emphasis on its adaptive 
 function.\n\n
LOCATION:Ground Floor Lecture Theatre\, Department of Experimental Psychol
 ogy
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