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Locus coeruleus and dopaminergic consolidation of everyday memory

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Takeuchi, Tomonori, Duszkiewicz, Adrian J., Sonneborn, Alex, Spooner, Patrick A., Yamasaki, Miwako, Watanabe, Masahiko, Smith, Caroline C., Fernández, Guillén +3 more·2016·Nature

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The retention of episodic-like memory is enhanced, in humans and animals, when something novel happens shortly before or after encoding. Using an everyday memory task in mice, we sought the neurons mediating this dopamine-dependent novelty effect, previously thought to originate exclusively from the tyrosine-hydroxylase-expressing (TH+) neurons in the ventral tegmental area. Here we report that neuronal firing in the locus coeruleus is especially sensitive to environmental novelty, locus coeruleus TH+ neurons project more profusely than ventral tegmental area TH+ neurons to the hippocampus, optogenetic activation of locus coeruleus TH+ neurons mimics the novelty effect, and this novelty-associated memory enhancement is unaffected by ventral tegmental area inactivation. Surprisingly, two effects of locus coeruleus TH+ photoactivation are sensitive to hippocampal D 1/D 5 receptor blockade and resistant to adrenoceptor blockade: memory enhancement and long-lasting potentiation of synaptic transmission in CA1 ex vivo. Thus, locus coeruleus TH+ neurons can mediate post-encoding memory enhancement in a manner consistent with possible co-release of dopamine in the hippocampus.

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Takeuchi, T., Duszkiewicz, A. J., Sonneborn, A., Spooner, P. A., Yamasaki, M., Watanabe, M., Smith, C. C., Fernández, G., Deisseroth, K., Greene, R. W., & Morris, R. G. M.
Affiliations
  • University of Edinburgh (GB)
  • The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
  • Hokkaido University (JP)
  • Radboud University Nijmegen (NL)
  • Stanford University (US)
  • University of Tsukuba (JP)
  • Instituto de Neurociencias (ES)
Corresponding author
  • Greene, Robert W.
  • Morris, Richard G. M.
Venue
Nature
Published
2016-09
Volume
537
Issue
7620
Pages
357-362
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2508644210
Cited by
827
References
58
Citations by year
2026: 82 · 2025: 91 · 2024: 121 · 2023: 98 · 2022: 73 · 2021: 81 · 2020: 79 · 2019: 63 · 2018: 87 · 2017: 47 · 2016: 4 · 2014: 1
FWCI
42.64
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Edinburgh Research Explorer (University of Edinburgh) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DIGITAL.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) (submittedVersion)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
  • Radboud Repository (Radboud University) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
  • European Commission (600725)
  • University of Tsukuba
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Medical Research Council (MC_UU_12024/3)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH080297)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (T32DA007290)
  • FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (268800)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
Keywords
locus coeruleus, everyday memory, episodic-like memory, novelty effect, tyrosine hydroxylase neurons, ventral tegmental area, hippocampus, dopamine D1/D5 receptors, synaptic potentiation, CA1, optogenetic stimulation, flashbulb memory
MeSH terms
Memory Consolidation, Animals, Dopamine, Locus Coeruleus, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Synaptic Transmission, Neurons, Receptors, Adrenergic, Receptors, Dopamine D1, Ventral Tegmental Area, Receptors, Dopamine D5, Mice, CA1 Region, Hippocampal, Optogenetics, In Vitro Techniques

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