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CELL REPORTS
Volume 42, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112001
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The hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex (EC) are connected through parallel identical circuits along the dorsoventral axis, but our data show a different connectivity pattern for the hippocampal projection to the medial EC (MEC). Dorsal hippocampal projections are confined to the dorsal MEC, while ventral hippocampal projections innervate both dorsal and ventral MEC. Furthermore, the dorsal hippocampus targets layer Vb (LVb) neurons, while the ventral hippocampus mainly targets cells in layer Va (LVa). These dorsoventral differences in connectivity impose constraints on signal flow in hippocampal-neocortical circuits.
The general understanding of hippocampal circuits is that the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex (EC) are topographically connected through parallel identical circuits along the dorsoventral axis. Our antero-grade tracing and in vitro electrophysiology data, however, show a markedly different dorsoventral organi-zation of the hippocampal projection to the medial EC (MEC). While dorsal hippocampal projections are confined to the dorsal MEC, ventral hippocampal projections innervate both dorsal and ventral MEC. Further, whereas the dorsal hippocampus preferentially targets layer Vb (LVb) neurons, the ventral hippocampus mainly targets cells in layer Va (LVa). This connectivity scheme differs from hippocampal projections to the lateral EC, which are topographically organized along the dorsoventral axis. As LVa neurons project to telencephalic structures, our findings indicate that the ventral hippocampus regulates LVa-mediated entorhi-nal-neocortical output from both dorsal and ventral MEC. Overall, the marked dorsoventral differences in hip-pocampal-entorhinal connectivity impose important constraints on signal flow in hippocampal-neocortical circuits.
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