Subfield-specific interneuron circuits govern the hippocampal response to novelty in male mice

Abstract: The hippocampus is the brain’s center for episodic memories. Its subregions, the dentate gyrus and CA1-3, are differentially involved in memory encoding and recall. Hippocampal principal cells represent episodic features like movement, space, and context, but less is known about GABAergic interneurons. Here, we performed two-photon calcium imaging of parvalbumin- and somatostatin-expressing interneurons in the dentate gyrus and CA1-3 of male mice exploring virtual environments. Parvalbumin-interneurons increased activity with running-speed and reduced it in novel environments. Somatostatin-interneurons in CA1-3 behaved similar to parvalbumin-expressing cells, but their dentate gyrus counterparts increased activity during rest and in novel environments. Congruently, chemogenetic silencing of dentate parvalbumin-interneurons had prominent effects in familiar contexts, while silencing somatostatin-expressing cells increased similarity of granule cell representations between novel and familiar environments. Our data indicate unique roles for parvalbumin- and somatostatin-positive interneurons in the dentate gyrus that are distinct from those in CA1-3 and may support routing of novel information

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch
Notes
Nature Communications. - 15, 1 (2024) , 714, ISSN: 2041-1723

Classification
Medizin, Gesundheit

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Freiburg
(who)
Universität
(when)
2024
Creator
Hainmüller, Thomas
Cazala, Aurore
Huang, Li-Wen
Bartos, Marlene

DOI
10.1038/s41467-024-44882-3
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2439291
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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