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Cell type–specific genetic and optogenetic tools reveal hippocampal CA2 circuits

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Kohara, Keigo, Pignatelli, Michele, Rivest, Alexander J, Jung, Hae-Yoon, Kitamura, Takashi, Suh, Junghyup, Frank, Dominic, Kajikawa, Koichiro +4 more·2014·Nature Neuroscience

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The formation and recall of episodic memory requires precise information processing by the entorhinal-hippocampal network. For several decades, the trisynaptic circuit entorhinal cortex layer II (ECII)→dentate gyrus→CA3→CA1 and the monosynaptic circuit ECIII→CA1 have been considered the primary substrates of the network responsible for learning and memory. Circuits linked to another hippocampal region, CA2, have only recently come to light. Using highly cell type-specific transgenic mouse lines, optogenetics and patch-clamp recordings, we found that dentate gyrus cells, long believed to not project to CA2, send functional monosynaptic inputs to CA2 pyramidal cells through abundant longitudinal projections. CA2 innervated CA1 to complete an alternate trisynaptic circuit, but, unlike CA3, projected preferentially to the deep, rather than to the superficial, sublayer of CA1. Furthermore, contrary to existing knowledge, ECIII did not project to CA2. Our results allow a deeper understanding of the biology of learning and memory.

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  • The large EPSPs previously evoked in CA2 pyramidal neurons by focal stimulation in CA1 stratum lacunosum may result from activation of entorhinal cortex layer II fibers that course through or near stratum lacunosum, rather than layer III axons.

    “Our present results, combined with recent results13,14 suggest that these synaptic responses recorded in CA2 PNs may result from activation of LII fibers that course through or near SLM in CA1.”

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  • The anatomical results generally support previous findings on CA2 connectivity.

    “These anatomical results generally support previous13,14 findings.”

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Kohara, K., Pignatelli, M., Rivest, A. J., Jung, H.-Y., Kitamura, T., Suh, J., Frank, D., Kajikawa, K., Mise, N., Obata, Y., Wickersham, I. R., & Tonegawa, S.
Affiliations
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
  • Jichi Medical University (JP)
  • RIKEN BioResource Research Center (JP)
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
Corresponding author
  • Kohara, Keigo
  • Tonegawa, Susumu
Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Published
2013-12-15
Volume
17
Issue
2
Pages
269-279
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
OpenAlex
W2098371930
Cited by
528
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 33 · 2025: 36 · 2024: 29 · 2023: 55 · 2022: 44 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 34 · 2018: 60 · 2017: 55 · 2016: 34 · 2015: 32 · 2014: 20
FWCI
15.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
Funders
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • National Institute of Mental Health (P50-MH58880, P50MH058880, R01MH078821)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Developmental Neuroscience › Neurogenesis and neuroplasticity mechanisms
Keywords
hippocampal CA2, dentate gyrus, trisynaptic circuit, episodic memory, hippocampal circuitry
MeSH terms
Animals, Luminescent Proteins, Membrane Potentials, Membrane Proteins, Mice, Transgenic, Nerve Fibers, Nerve Net, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Neural Pathways, Neurons, Photic Stimulation, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Entorhinal Cortex, RGS Proteins, Mice, CA2 Region, Hippocampal, Optogenetics

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