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Neuronal Responses to Conspecifics in the Ventral CA1

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Rao, Rajnish P., von Heimendahl, Moritz, Bahr, Viktor, Brecht, Michael·2019·Cell Reports

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Conspecific recognition and discrimination is a vital aspect of social interactions. Genetic manipulations have implicated the CA2 sub-field and ventral hippocampus in rodent social memory. However, little is known about the nature of hippocampal responses to social signals. We characterized ventral CA1 responses in rats while interacting with conspecifics across a gap. Many cells showed unusual "social presence responses," i.e., large elevations of firing rates, which were contingent on the presence of a conspecific. Sharp-wave ripple activity was also increased by conspecific presence. The cells were modulated by facial touch and ultrasonic vocalizations. In male rats, female conspecifics evoked stronger responses than males. In addition, responses to females differed more strongly between individual females than between males. Cells showed little response to object presence. Ventral CA1 responses were also markedly different from those of dorsal CA1, where most cells were weakly inhibited by conspecific presence.

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Authors
Rao, R. P., von Heimendahl, M., Bahr, V., & Brecht, M.
Affiliations
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (DE)
Corresponding author
  • Rao, Rajnish P.
  • Brecht, Michael
Venue
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-06
Volume
27
Issue
12
Pages
3460-3472.e3
ISSN
2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2950450891
Cited by
85
References
90
Citations by year
2026: 11 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 18 · 2023: 13 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 2
FWCI
4.79
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Cell Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (01GQ1001A, SFB 1315/1)
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
Keywords
ventral hippocampus, CA1, social recognition, conspecifics, social memory, sharp-wave ripples, neuronal firing rate, ultrasonic vocalizations, sex differences, dorsal CA1
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Animals, Conditioning, Classical, Discrimination, Psychological, Female, Interpersonal Relations, Male, Memory, Neurons, Species Specificity, Touch, Vocalization, Animal, Recognition, Psychology, Rats, CA1 Region, Hippocampal

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