Significance of visual scene‐based learning in the hippocampal systems across mammalian species

SM Lee, J Shin, I Lee - Hippocampus, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The hippocampus and its associated cortical regions in the medial temporal lobe play
essential roles when animals form a cognitive map and use it to achieve their goals. As the …

A local circuit-basis for spatial navigation and memory processes in hippocampal area CA1

T Geiller, JB Priestley, A Losonczy - Current opinion in neurobiology, 2023 - Elsevier
The hippocampus is a multi-stage neural circuit that is critical for memory formation. Its
distinct anatomy has long inspired theories that rely on local interactions between neurons …

All-optical physiology resolves a synaptic basis for behavioral timescale plasticity

LZ Fan, DK Kim, JH Jennings, H Tian, PY Wang… - Cell, 2023 - cell.com
Learning has been associated with modifications of synaptic and circuit properties, but the
precise changes storing information in mammals have remained largely unclear. We …

Fos ensembles encode and shape stable spatial maps in the hippocampus

NL Pettit, EL Yap, ME Greenberg, CD Harvey - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
In the hippocampus, spatial maps are formed by place cells while contextual memories are
thought to be encoded as engrams,,,,–. Engrams are typically identified by expression of the …

Associative and predictive hippocampal codes support memory-guided behaviors

C Liu, R Todorova, W Tang, A Oliva, A Fernandez-Ruiz - Science, 2023 - science.org
Episodic memory involves learning and recalling associations between items and their
spatiotemporal context. Those memories can be further used to generate internal models of …

A thalamic-hippocampal CA1 signal for contextual fear memory suppression, extinction, and discrimination

HC Ratigan, S Krishnan, S Smith… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The adaptive regulation of fear memories is a crucial neural function that prevents
inappropriate fear expression. Fear memories can be acquired through contextual fear …

Compartment-specific tuning of dendritic feature selectivity by intracellular Ca2+ release

JK O'Hare, KC Gonzalez, SA Herrlinger, Y Hirabayashi… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Dendritic calcium signaling is central to neural plasticity mechanisms that allow animals to
adapt to the environment. Intracellular calcium release (ICR) from the endoplasmic reticulum …

[HTML][HTML] Signatures of rapid plasticity in hippocampal CA1 representations during novel experiences

JB Priestley, JC Bowler, SV Rolotti, S Fusi, A Losonczy - Neuron, 2022 - cell.com
Neurons in the hippocampus exhibit a striking selectivity for specific combinations of sensory
features, forming representations that are thought to subserve episodic memory. Even …

Hippocampal astrocytes encode reward location

A Doron, A Rubin, A Benmelech-Chovav, N Benaim… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Astrocytic calcium dynamics has been implicated in the encoding of sensory information,,,–,
and modulation of calcium in astrocytes has been shown to affect behaviour,,,–. However …

Reward expectation extinction restructures and degrades CA1 spatial maps through loss of a dopaminergic reward proximity signal

S Krishnan, C Heer, C Cherian, MEJ Sheffield - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Hippocampal place cells support reward-related spatial memories by forming a cognitive
map that over-represents reward locations. The strength of these memories is modulated by …