ROBERT VERTES

Summary

Affiliation: Florida Atlantic University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Projections of the central medial nucleus of the thalamus in the rat: node in cortical, striatal and limbic forebrain circuitry
    R P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
    Neuroscience 219:120-36. 2012
  2. ncbi Pattern of distribution of serotonergic fibers to the thalamus of the rat
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
    Brain Struct Funct 215:1-28. 2010
  3. ncbi Projections of the paraventricular and paratenial nuclei of the dorsal midline thalamus in the rat
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
    J Comp Neurol 508:212-37. 2008
  4. ncbi Nucleus reuniens of the midline thalamus: link between the medial prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, United States
    Brain Res Bull 71:601-9. 2007
  5. ncbi Efferent projections of reuniens and rhomboid nuclei of the thalamus in the rat
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
    J Comp Neurol 499:768-96. 2006
  6. ncbi Interactions among the medial prefrontal cortex, hippocampus and midline thalamus in emotional and cognitive processing in the rat
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
    Neuroscience 142:1-20. 2006
  7. ncbi Time for the sleep community to take a critical look at the purported role of sleep in memory processing
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brains Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton 33431, USA
    Sleep 28:1228-9; discussion 1230-3. 2005
  8. ncbi Hippocampal theta rhythm: a tag for short-term memory
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, 33431, USA
    Hippocampus 15:923-35. 2005
  9. ncbi Differential projections of the infralimbic and prelimbic cortex in the rat
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
    Synapse 51:32-58. 2004
  10. ncbi Memory consolidation in sleep; dream or reality
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
    Neuron 44:135-48. 2004

Research Grants

  1. CIRCUITRY CONTROLLING THE HIPPOCAMPAL THETA RHYTHM
    ROBERT VERTES; Fiscal Year: 2002
  2. Brainstem-Diencephalic Modulation of the Hippocampus
    ROBERT VERTES; Fiscal Year: 2006

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Detail Information

Publications19

  1. ncbi Projections of the central medial nucleus of the thalamus in the rat: node in cortical, striatal and limbic forebrain circuitry
    R P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
    Neuroscience 219:120-36. 2012
    ..CM projections to limbic and sensorimotor structures of the rostral forebrain suggest that CM may serve to integrate affective, cognitive and sensorimotor functions for goal-directed behavior...
  2. ncbi Pattern of distribution of serotonergic fibers to the thalamus of the rat
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
    Brain Struct Funct 215:1-28. 2010
    ....
  3. ncbi Projections of the paraventricular and paratenial nuclei of the dorsal midline thalamus in the rat
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
    J Comp Neurol 508:212-37. 2008
    ....
  4. ncbi Nucleus reuniens of the midline thalamus: link between the medial prefrontal cortex and the hippocampus
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, United States
    Brain Res Bull 71:601-9. 2007
    ..We discuss the possibility that nucleus reuniens gates the flow of information between the medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampus dependent upon attentive/arousal states of the organism...
  5. ncbi Efferent projections of reuniens and rhomboid nuclei of the thalamus in the rat
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
    J Comp Neurol 499:768-96. 2006
    ....
  6. ncbi Interactions among the medial prefrontal cortex, hippocampus and midline thalamus in emotional and cognitive processing in the rat
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
    Neuroscience 142:1-20. 2006
    ....
  7. ncbi Time for the sleep community to take a critical look at the purported role of sleep in memory processing
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brains Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton 33431, USA
    Sleep 28:1228-9; discussion 1230-3. 2005
    ..We briefly review the main arguments against a role for sleep in learning/memory...
  8. ncbi Hippocampal theta rhythm: a tag for short-term memory
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, 33431, USA
    Hippocampus 15:923-35. 2005
    ..On the other hand, if the explorations of the rat lead to rewards (or punishments), additional modulatory inputs to the hippocampus become activated and convert the short-term, theta-dependent memory, into long-term stores...
  9. ncbi Differential projections of the infralimbic and prelimbic cortex in the rat
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
    Synapse 51:32-58. 2004
    ....
  10. ncbi Memory consolidation in sleep; dream or reality
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
    Neuron 44:135-48. 2004
    ..In sum, there is no compelling evidence to support a relationship between sleep and memory consolidation...
  11. ncbi Analysis of projections from the medial prefrontal cortex to the thalamus in the rat, with emphasis on nucleus reuniens
    Robert P Vertes
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
    J Comp Neurol 442:163-87. 2002
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  12. ncbi Excitatory actions of the ventral midline thalamus (rhomboid/reuniens) on the medial prefrontal cortex in the rat
    Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
    Synapse 60:45-55. 2006
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  13. ncbi Analysis of the actions of nucleus reuniens and the entorhinal cortex on EEG and evoked population behavior of the hippocampus
    George J Morales
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
    Conf Proc IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc 2007:2480-4. 2007
    ..We demonstrated a consistent reduction in evoked potential (EP) latency at CA1 to RE and EC stimulation during theta compared to non-theta states...
  14. ncbi Anatomical analysis of afferent projections to the medial prefrontal cortex in the rat
    Walter B Hoover
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA
    Brain Struct Funct 212:149-79. 2007
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  15. ncbi Afferent projections to nucleus reuniens of the thalamus
    James Timothy McKenna
    Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, USA
    J Comp Neurol 480:115-42. 2004
    ..RE appears to be a major link in the two-way exchange of information between the hippocampus and the medial prefrontal cortex...
  16. ncbi Distribution of GFAP+ astrocytes in adult and neonatal rat brain
    Janna R Taft
    Department of Psychology and Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 24450, USA
    Int J Neurosci 115:1333-43. 2005
    ..These findings suggest that the development of the differential pattern of GFAP+ astrocytes seen in the rat brain does not occur postnatally, but instead is present at birth and appears to be determined during fetal development...
  17. ncbi Theta rhythm of the hippocampus: subcortical control and functional significance
    Robert P Vertes
    Florida Atlantic University
    Behav Cogn Neurosci Rev 3:173-200. 2004
    ..The temporal convergence of activity of these two systems results in the encoding of information in the hippocampus, primarily reaching it from the entorhinal cortex and nucleus reuniens...
  18. ncbi Discharge properties of neurons of the median raphe nucleus during hippocampal theta rhythm in the rat
    Gonzalo Viana Di Prisco
    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
    Exp Brain Res 145:383-94. 2002
    ..A role for the median raphe nucleus in memory-associated functions of the hippocampus is discussed...
  19. ncbi Is partial coherence a viable technique for identifying generators of neural oscillations?
    Zimbul Albo
    Biol Cybern 90:318-26. 2004
    ..This hypothesis is tested both theoretically and on experimental time series acquired from limbic brain structures during the theta rhythm...

Research Grants11

  1. CIRCUITRY CONTROLLING THE HIPPOCAMPAL THETA RHYTHM
    ROBERT VERTES; Fiscal Year: 2002
    ..This work may have important implications for conditions such as Alzheimer's that involve a loss of cholinergic neurons of the MS/DBv. ..
  2. Brainstem-Diencephalic Modulation of the Hippocampus
    ROBERT VERTES; Fiscal Year: 2006
    ..This work may have important implications for disorders of memory including Korsakoff's syndrome, diencephalic amnesia and Alzheimer's disease. ..