Selected Publications
Hwang, E., Willis, B.S., Burwell, R.D. (in press) Prefrontal connections of the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices in the rat. Behav. Brain Res.
Yang, F-C, Jacobson T.K., Burwell R.D. (2017) Posterior parietal cells signal stimulus onset, spatial locations, and behavioral outcome during performance on a visuospatial attention task. Hippocampus. 2017 27(3):263-273. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22691. PMCID: PMC5644026
Heimer-McGinn VR, Poeta DL, Aghi K, Udawatta M, & Burwell RD. (2017) Disconnection of the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices impairs recognition of objects in context but not contextual fear conditioning. The Journal of Neuroscience, 37(18):4819–4829. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0254-17.2017. PMCID: PMC5426571.
Scaplen, Kristin M., et al. (2017) Inactivation of the lateral entorhinal area increases the influence of visual cues on hippocampal place cell activity." Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience 11 (2017): 40. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00040. PMCID: PMC5447019.
Tomás Pereira, I., Agster, K.L., and Burwell, R. D. (2016). Subcortical connections of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices. I. Afferents. Hippocampus. 2016 Sep;26(9):1189-212. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22603. PMCID: PMC5070464.
Agster, KL, Tomás Pereira, I., Saddoris, M.P., and Burwell, R. D. (2016). Subcortical connections of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices. II. Efferents. Hippocampus. 2016 Sep;26(9):1213-30. doi: 10.1002/hipo.22600. PMCID: PMC5070461.
Ho, J.W., Poeta, D.L., Jacobson, T.K., Zolnik, T., Neske, G., Connors, B.W. (2015). Bidirectional Control of Recognition Memory. J. Neuroscience. Sep 30;35(39):13323-35. PDF
Tomás Pereira I, Burwell RD. (2015). Using the spatial learning index to evaluate performance on the water maze. Behav. Neurosci. 2015 Aug;129(4):533-9.
Gallagher M, Burwell RD, Burchinal M. (2015). Severity of spatial learning impairment in aging: Development of a learning index for performance in the Morris water maze. Behav. Neurosci. 2015 Aug;129(4):540-8.
Jacobson T.K., Ho J.W., Kent B.W., Yang, F-C., Burwell R.D. (2014) Automated visual cognitive tasks for recording neural activity using a Floor Projection Maze, J. Vis. Exp. (84), e51316. PDF
Scaplen K.M., Gulati A.A., Heimer-McGinn V.L., Burwell R.D. (2014) Objects and landmarks: Hippocampal place cells respond differently to manipulations of visual cues depending on size, perspective, and experience. Hippocampus. 2014 Nov;24(11):1287-99. PDF
Ho, J. W., & Burwell, R. D. (2014). Perirhinal and postrhinal functional inputs to the hippocampus. In Space, Time and Memory in the Hippocampal Formation(pp. 55-81). Springer Vienna PDF
Agster, K.L. & Burwell, R. D. (2013) Hippocampal afferents and efferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices, Behavioural Brain Research, 254, 50-64. PDF
Beaudin, S. A., Singh, T., Agster, K. L., & Burwell, R. D. (2013). Borders and comparative cytoarchitecture of the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices in an F1 hybrid mouse. Cerebral cortex, 23(2), 460-476. PDF
Furtak, S. C., Ahmed, O. J., & Burwell, R. D. (2012). Single neuron activity and theta modulation in postrhinal cortex during visual object discrimination. Neuron, 76(5), 976-988. PDF
Gastelum, E. D., Guilhardi, P., & Burwell, R. D. (2012). The effects of combined perirhinal and postrhinal damage on complex discrimination tasks. Hippocampus, 22(10), 2059-2067. PDF
Sills, J. B., Connors, B. W., & Burwell, R. D. (2012). Electrophysiological and morphological properties of neurons in layer 5 of the rat postrhinal cortex. Hippocampus, 22(9), 1912-1922. PDF
Casten, K. S., Gray, A. C., & Burwell, R. D. (2011). Discrimination learning and attentional set formation in a mouse model of Fragile X. Behavioral neuroscience, 125(3), 473-479.
Agster, K. L., & Burwell, R. D. (2009). Cortical efferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat. Hippocampus, 19(12), 1159-1186. PDF
Furtak, S.C., Cho, C.E., Kerr, K.M, Barredo, J.L., Alleyne, J.E., Patterson, Y.R., & Burwell, R.D. (2009). The Floor Projection Maze: A novel behavioral apparatus for presenting visual stimuli to rats. J Neurosci Methods, 181(1), 82-88. PDF
Burwell, R. D. & Agster, K. L. (2008). Anatomy of the Hippocampus and the Declarative Memory System. In H. E. Eichenbaum (Ed.), Sys and Neurosci (Vol. 3, pp. 47-66). Oxford: Elsevier. PDF
Burwell, R.D. & Furtak, S.C. (2008). Recognition memory: can you teach an old dogma new tricks? Neuron, 50(4), 523-525. PDF
Furtak, S. C., Wei, S. M., Agster, K. L., & Burwell, R. D. (2007). Functional neuroanatomy of the parahippocampal region in the rat: the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices. Hippocampus, 17(9), 709-722. PDF
Kerr, K. M., Agster, K. L., Furtak, S. C., & Burwell, R. D. (2007). Functional neuroanatomy of the parahippocampal region: the lateral and medial entorhinal areas. Hippocampus, 17(9), 697-708. PDF
Long, M. A., Jutras, M. J., Connors, B. W., & Burwell, R. D. (2005). Electrical synapses coordinate activity in the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Nat. Neurosci, 8(1), 61-66. PDF
Bucci, D. J., & Burwell, R. D. (2004). Deficits in attentional orienting following damage to the perirhinal or postrhinal cortices. Behav Neurosci, 118(5), 1117-1122.
Burwell, R. D., Bucci, D. J., Sanborn, M. R., & Jutras, M. J. (2004). Perirhinal and postrhinal contributions to remote memory for context. J Neurosci, 24(49), 11023-11028. PDF
Burwell, R. D., Saddoris, M. P., Bucci, D. J., & Wiig, K. A. (2004). Corticohippocampal contributions to spatial and contextual learning. J Neurosci, 24(15), 3826-3836. PDF
Burwell, R. D., & Hafeman, D. M. (2003). Positional firing properties of postrhinal cortex neurons. Neuroscience, 119(2), 577-588. PDF
Bucci, D. J., Saddoris, M. P., & Burwell, R. D. (2002). Contextual fear discrimination is impaired by damage to the postrhinal or perirhinal cortex. Behav Neurosci, 116(3), 479-488.
Burwell, R. D., (2002). The Parahippocampal Region: Corticocortical Connectivity. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 911, 25-42. PDF
Rapp, P. R., Deroche, P. S., Mao, Y., & Burwell, R. D. (2002). Neuron number in the parahippocampal region is preserved in aged rats with spatial learning deficits. Cereb Cortex, 12(11), 1171-1179. PDF
Burwell, R. D. (2001). Borders and cytoarchitecture of the perirhinal and postrhinal cortices in the rat. J Comp Neurol, 437(1), 17-41. PDF
Bucci, D. J., Phillips, R. G., & Burwell, R. D. (2000). Contributions of Postrhinal and Perirhinal Cortex to Contextual Information Processing. Behav Neurosci, 114(5), 882-894.
Burwell, R. D., & Amaral, D. G. (1998). Cortical afferents of the perirhinal, postrhinal, and entorhinal cortices of the rat. J Comp Neurol, 398(2), 179-205. PDF
Burwell, R. D., & Amaral, D. G. (1998). Perirhinal and postrhinal cortices of the rat: interconnectivity and connections with the entorhinal cortex. J Comp Neurol, 391(3), 293-321. PDF
Burwell, R. D., Shapiro, M. L., O'Malley, M. T., & Eichnebaum, H. (1998). Positional firing properties of perirhinal cortex neurons. NeuroReport 9, 3013–3018. PDF
Wiig, K. A., & Burwell, R. D., (1998) Memory Impairment on a Delayed Non-Matching-to-Position Task After Lesions of the Perirhinal Cortex in the Rat. Behav Neurosci, 112(4), 827-838.
Burwell, R. D., Witter, M. P., & Amaral, D. G. (1995). Perirhinal and postrhinal cortices of the rat: a review of the neuroanatomical literature and comparison with findings from the monkey brain. Hippocampus, 5(5), 390-408. PDF
Gallagher, M., Burwell, R., & Burchinal, M. (1993). Severity of spatial learning impairment in aging: development of a learning index for performance in the Morris water maze. Behav Neurosci, 107(4), 618-626.