Book Chapters


  • Griffin, A.L., Eichenbaum, H., & Hasselmo, M.E. (2008). Hippocampal Theta Rhythm and Memory-Guided Behavior. Mizumori, S.J.Y. (Ed). Hippocampal place fields: Relevance to learning and memory, Oxford University Press. [link]
  • Berry, S.D., Seager, M.A., Asaka, Y. & Griffin, A.L. (2001). The Septo-Hippocampal System and Classical Conditioning. Steinmetz J.E., Gluck M.A., Solomon P.R. & Thompson R.F.(Ed). Model Systems and the Neurobiology of Associative Learning: A Festschrift in Honor of Richard F. Thompson, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. [link]

Journal Articles


  • Maisson, D.J-N., Gemzik, Z.M., & Griffin, A.L. (2018). Optogenetic suppression of the nucleus reuniens selectively impairs encoding during spatial working memory. Neurobiol Learn Mem 155:78-85.
  • Edsall, A.E., Gemzik, Z.M., & Griffin, A.L. (2017). A tactile-visual conditional discrimination task for testing spatial working memory in rats. Bio-protocol.
  • Hallock, H.L., Wang, A., & Griffin, A.L. (2016). Ventral Midline Thalamus Is Critical for Hippocampal-Prefrontal Synchrony and Spatial Working Memory. J Neurosci 36(32):8372-89
  • Layfield, D., Patel, M.M., Hallock, H.L., & Griffin, A.L. (2015). Inter-trial delay length-specific effects of thalamic reuniens and rhomboid nucleus inactivation on spatial alternation behavior. Neurobiol Learn Mem 125:163-7.
  • Griffin A.L. (2015). Role of the thalamic nucleus reuniens in mediating interactions between the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex during spatial working memory. Front. Syst. Neurosci 9:29.
  • Urban, K. Layfield, D.M., Griffin, A.L. (2014). Transient inactivation of the rodent prefrontal cortex impairs performance on a working memory dependent conditional discrimination task. Behav Neurosci 128(6):639-43.
  • Ouyang, L., Shaw, C.L., Griffin, A.L. , Martin, D.C. (2014). In vivo polymerization of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) in living rat hippocampus does not cause a significant loss of performance in a delayed alternation (DA) task. J Neural Engin. 11(2):026005.
  • Griffin A.L. & Hallock H.L. (2013). Hippocampal signatures of episodic memory: Evidence from single-unit recording studies. Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.
  • Hallock, H.L. & Griffin, A.L. (2013). Dynamic coding of dorsal hippocampal neurons between tasks that differ in structure and memory demand. Hippocampus 23: 169-186.
  • Shaw, C.L., Watson, G.D.R., Hallock, H.L., Cline, K.M. & Griffin, A.L. (2013). The role of the medial prefrontal cortex in the acquisition, retention, and reversal of a tactile visuospatial conditional discrimination task. Behavioural Brain Research 236: 94-101.
  • Hallock HL, Arreola AR, Shaw CL, Watson GDR & Griffin AL. (2013). Dissociable Roles of the Dorsal Striatum and Dorsal Hippocampus in Conditional Discrimination and Spatial Alternation T-Maze Tasks. Neurobiol Learn Mem 100: 108-116.
  • Griffin, A.L., Owens, C.B., Peters, G.J., Adelman, P.C. & Cline, K.M. (2012). Spatial representations in dorsal hippocampal neurons during a tactile-visual conditional discrimination task. Hippocampus 22: 299-308. [link]
  • Darling RD, Takatsuki K, Griffin AL, Berry SD. (2011) Eyeblink conditioning contingent on hippocampal theta enhances hippocampal and medial prefrontal responses. J Neurophysiol 105: 2213-24. [link]
  • Huang, Y., Brandon, M.P., Griffin, A.L., Hasselmo, M.E. & Eden, U.T. (2009). Decoding movement trajectories through a T-maze using point-process filters applied to place field data from rat hippocampal CA1. Neural Comput 21: 3305-34. [link]
  • Mauldin, K.N., Griffin, A.L., Oliver, C.G., & Berry, S.D. (2008). Hippocampal response patterns during discriminative eyeblink/jaw movement conditioning in the rabbit. Behav Neurosci 122: 1087-99. [link]
  • Griffin, A.L., Eichenbaum, H., & Hasselmo, M.E. (2007). Spatial representations of CA1 hippocampal neurons are modulated by behavioral context in a hippocampus-dependent memory task. J Neurosci 27: 2416-2423. [link]
  • Lee, I., Griffin, A.L., Zilli, E.A., Eichenbaum, H., & Hasselmo, M.E. (2006). Gradual translocation of spatial correlates of neuronal firing in the hippocampus towards prospective reward locations. Neuron 51: 639-650. [link]
  • Asaka, Y., Mauldin, K.N., Griffin, A.L., Seager, M.A., Shurell, E., & Berry, S.D. (2005). Non-pharmacological amelioration of age-related learning deficits: The impact of hippocampal theta-triggering. PNAS 102:13284-8. [link]
  • Griffin, A.L. and Berry, S.D. (2004). Inactivation of the anterior cingulate cortex impairs extinction of rabbit jaw movement conditioning and prevents extinction-related inhibition of hippocampal activity. Learn Mem. 11: 604-10. [link]
  • Griffin, A.L., Asaka Y., Darling, R.D., Berry, S.D. (2004). Theta-contingent trial presentation accelerates learning rate and enhances hippocampal plasticity during trace eyeblink conditioning. Behav Neurosci. 118: 403-11. [link]
  • Huff, K.D., Asaka, Y., Griffin, A.L., Berg, W.P., Seager, M.A., Berry, S.D. (2004). Differential mastication kinematics of the rabbit in response to food and water: implications for conditioned movement. Integr Physiol Behav Sci. 39: 16-23. [link]
  • Asaka, Y., Griffin, A.L., Berry, S.D. (2002). Reversible septal inactivation disrupts hippocampal slow-wave and unit activity and impairs trace conditioning in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Behav Neurosci. 116: 434-42. [link]
  • Asaka, Y., Seager, M.A., Griffin, A.L., Berry, S.D. (2000). Medial septal microinfusion of scopolamine disrupts hippocampal activity and trace jaw movement conditioning. Behav Neurosci. 114: 1068-77. [link]