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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2008

Rapid encoding of new information alters the profile of plasticity-related mRNA transcripts in the hippocampal CA3 region.

Rebecca P Haberman, Hongjoo J Lee, Carlo Colantuoni, Ming Teng Koh, Michela Gallagher

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rebecca P HabermanDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA.
Hongjoo J Lee
Carlo Colantuoni
Ming Teng Koh
Michela Gallagher
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

TRANSCRIPTIONAL MECHANISMS OF HIPPOCAMPAL AGINGP01AG009973 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Alfredo Kirkwood · 1991 to 2026
$52.4M
NIA NIH HHS P01 AG009973NIA NIH HHS P01AG09973
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A theoretical framework for the function of the medial temporal lobe system in memory defines differential contributions of the hippocampal subregions with regard to pattern recognition retrieval processes and encoding of new information. To investigate molecular programs of relevance, we designed a spatial learning protocol to engage a pattern separation function to encode new information. After background training, two groups of animals experienced the same new training in a novel environment; however, only one group was provided spatial information and demonstrated spatial memory in a retention test. Global transcriptional analysis of the microdissected subregions of the hippocampus exposed a CA3 pattern that was sufficient to clearly segregate spatial learning animals from control. Individual gene and functional group analysis anchored these results to previous work in neural plasticity. From a multitude of expression changes, increases in camk2a, rasgrp1, and nlgn1 were confirmed by in situ hybridization. Furthermore, siRNA inhibition of nlgn1 within the CA3 subregion impaired spatial memory performance, pointing to mechanisms of synaptic remodeling as a basis for rapid encoding of new information in long-term memory.

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Gene Expression RegulationNeuronal PlasticityAnimalsHippocampusIn Situ HybridizationLearningLong-Term PotentiationMaleMemoryOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisRatsRats, Long-EvansRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingTemporal LobeRNA, MessengerRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID18650386
PMCPMC2492487
OpenAlexW2121753254

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