Medial entorhinal cortex commissural input regulates the activity of spatially and object-tuned cells contributing to episodic memory. 2022

Antonio Caputi, and Xinghua Liu, and Elke C Fuchs, and Yu-Chao Liu, and Hannah Monyer
Department of Clinical Neurobiology at the Medical Faculty of the Heidelberg University and of the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.

Extensive interhemispheric projections connect many homotopic brain regions, including the hippocampal formation, but little is known as to how information transfer affects the functions supported by the target area. Here, we studied whether the commissural projections connecting the medial entorhinal cortices contribute to spatial coding, object coding, and memory. We demonstrate that input from the contralateral medial entorhinal cortex targets all major cell types in the superficial medial entorhinal cortex, modulating their firing rate. Notably, a fraction of responsive cells displayed object tuning and exhibited a reduction in their firing rate upon the inhibition of commissural input. In line with this finding are behavioral results that revealed the contribution of commissural input to episodic-like memory retrieval.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006624 Hippocampus A curved elevation of GRAY MATTER extending the entire length of the floor of the TEMPORAL HORN of the LATERAL VENTRICLE (see also TEMPORAL LOBE). The hippocampus proper, subiculum, and DENTATE GYRUS constitute the hippocampal formation. Sometimes authors include the ENTORHINAL CORTEX in the hippocampal formation. Ammon Horn,Cornu Ammonis,Hippocampal Formation,Subiculum,Ammon's Horn,Hippocampus Proper,Ammons Horn,Formation, Hippocampal,Formations, Hippocampal,Hippocampal Formations,Hippocampus Propers,Horn, Ammon,Horn, Ammon's,Proper, Hippocampus,Propers, Hippocampus,Subiculums
D061212 Memory, Episodic Type of declarative memory, consisting of personal memory in contrast to general knowledge. Episodic Memory,Autobiographical Memory,Memory, Prospective,Prospective Memory,Autobiographical Memories,Episodic Memories,Memories, Autobiographical,Memories, Episodic,Memories, Prospective,Memory, Autobiographical,Prospective Memories
D018728 Entorhinal Cortex Cerebral cortex region on the medial aspect of the PARAHIPPOCAMPAL GYRUS, immediately caudal to the OLFACTORY CORTEX of the uncus. The entorhinal cortex is the origin of the major neural fiber system afferent to the HIPPOCAMPAL FORMATION, the so-called PERFORANT PATHWAY. Brodmann Area 28,Brodmann Area 34,Brodmann's Area 28,Brodmann's Area 34,Entorhinal Area,Area Entorhinalis,Entorhinal Cortices,Secondary Olfactory Cortex,Area 28, Brodmann,Area 28, Brodmann's,Area 34, Brodmann,Area 34, Brodmann's,Area, Entorhinal,Brodmanns Area 28,Brodmanns Area 34,Cortex, Entorhinal,Cortex, Secondary Olfactory,Entorhinal Areas,Olfactory Cortex, Secondary,Secondary Olfactory Cortices

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