Impaired Spatial Representation in CA1 after Lesion of Direct Input from Entorhinal Cortex

@article{citeulike:2282625, abstract = {Summary Place-specific firing in the hippocampus is determined by path integration-based spatial representations in the grid-cell network of the medial entorhinal cortex. Output from this network is conveyed directly to CA1 of the hippocampus by projections from principal neurons in layer III, but also indirectly by axons from layer II to the dentate gyrus and CA3. The direct pathway is sufficient for spatial firing in CA1, but it is not known whether similar firing can also be supported by the input from CA3. To test this possibility, we made selective lesions in layer III of medial entorhinal cortex by local infusion of the neurotoxin [gamma]-acetylenic GABA. Firing fields in CA1 became larger and more dispersed after cell loss in layer III, whereas CA3 cells, which receive layer II input, still had sharp firing fields. Thus, the direct projection is necessary for precise spatial firing in the CA1 place cell population.}, author = {Brun, Vegard H. and Leutgeb, Stefan and Wu, Hui-Qiu and Schwarcz, Robert and Witter, Menno P. and Moser, Edvard I. and Moser, May-Britt }, citeulike-article-id = {2282625}, doi = {10.1016/j.neuron.2007.11.034}, journal = {Neuron}, keywords = {ca1, ca3, erc, learning, lesion, place-cell}, month = {January}, number = {2}, pages = {290--302}, posted-at = {2008-02-20 11:30:52}, priority = {2}, title = {Impaired Spatial Representation in CA1 after Lesion of Direct Input from Entorhinal Cortex}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2007.11.034}, volume = {57}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2282625 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2282625 TI - Impaired Spatial Representation in CA1 after Lesion of Direct Input from Entorhinal Cortex JF - Neuron VL - 57 IS - 2 SP - 290 EP - 302 N2 - Summary Place-specific firing in the hippocampus is determined by path integration-based spatial representations in the grid-cell network of the medial entorhinal cortex. Output from this network is conveyed directly to CA1 of the hippocampus by projections from principal neurons in layer III, but also indirectly by axons from layer II to the dentate gyrus and CA3. The direct pathway is sufficient for spatial firing in CA1, but it is not known whether similar firing can also be supported by the input from CA3. To test this possibility, we made selective lesions in layer III of medial entorhinal cortex by local infusion of the neurotoxin [gamma]-acetylenic GABA. Firing fields in CA1 became larger and more dispersed after cell loss in layer III, whereas CA3 cells, which receive layer II input, still had sharp firing fields. Thus, the direct projection is necessary for precise spatial firing in the CA1 place cell population. KW - ca1 KW - ca3 KW - erc KW - learning KW - lesion KW - place-cell AU - Brun, Vegard AU - Leutgeb, Stefan AU - Wu, Hui-Qiu AU - Schwarcz, Robert AU - Witter, Menno AU - Moser, Edvard AU - Moser, May-Britt PY - 2008/01/24/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2007.11.034 ER -