O'Mara Shane
Institute of Neuroscience and School of Psychology, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Behav Neurosci. 2006 Jun;120(3):739-43. doi: 10.1037/0735-7044.120.3.739.
The functional role of subiculum within the hippocampal formation circuit remains largely unexplored, and a theoretical and experimental consensus on its functions has yet to emerge. In the present issue, M. E. Andrzejewski, R. C. Spencer, and A. E. Kelley (2006) provided evidence using pharmacological methods of a possible dissociation of function between dorsal and ventral subiculum in instrumental learning. Their findings provide an important contribution toward testing an emerging framework for understanding the functions of this key and underinvestigated component of the hippocampal formation.
海马结构回路中下丘脑的功能作用在很大程度上仍未得到探索，关于其功能的理论和实验共识尚未形成。在本期中，M. E. 安杰耶夫斯基、R. C. 斯宾塞和A. E. 凯利（2006年）使用药理学方法提供了证据，表明在工具性学习中背侧和腹侧下丘脑的功能可能存在分离。他们的研究结果为测试一个新兴框架做出了重要贡献，该框架旨在理解海马结构中这个关键且研究不足的组成部分的功能。
