ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2016
β-Adrenergic Control of Hippocampal Function: Subserving the Choreography of Synaptic Information Storage and Memory.
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- Modulation of the noradrenergic system using transcranial ultrasonic stimulation targeted to the brainstem locus coeruleus in awake mice.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Article
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- Locus coeruleus degeneration is associated with cortical tau deposition and cognitive decline in older adults at familial risk of Alzheimer's disease.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Photostimulation of locus coeruleus CA1 catecholaminergic terminals reversed Spatial memory impairment in an alzheimer's disease mouse model.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Noradrenaline causes a spread of association in the hippocampal cognitive map.Nature communications · 2026Article
- β-adrenergic receptors modulate CA1 population coding and synaptic plasticity during cumulative spatial memory formation and updating.Scientific reports · 2026Article
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- β-Adrenergic Receptor Activation Modulates the Induction of Complex Spike-Dependent LTP by Regulating Multiple Forms of Heterosynaptic Plasticity.Hippocampus · 2025Article
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- Functional and Regional Specificity of Noradrenergic Signaling for Encoding and Retrieval of Associative Recognition Memory in the Rat.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Attention-dependent coupling with forebrain and brainstem neuromodulatory nuclei differs across the lifespan.GeroScience · 2025Article
- Locus coeruleus-related insula activation supports implicit learning.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Cortico-subcortical networks that determine behavioral memory renewal are redefined by noradrenergic neuromodulation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The Modulation by the Locus Coeruleus of Recent and Remote Memory Retrieval is Activity-Dependent.Hippocampus · 2025Article
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Abstract
Noradrenaline (NA) is a key neuromodulator for the regulation of behavioral state and cognition. It supports learning by increasing arousal and vigilance, whereby new experiences are "earmarked" for encoding. Within the hippocampus, experience-dependent information storage occurs by means of synaptic plasticity. Furthermore, novel spatial, contextual, or associative learning drives changes in synaptic strength, reflected by the strengthening of long-term potentiation (LTP) or long-term depression (LTD). NA acting on β-adrenergic receptors (β-AR) is a key determinant as to whether new experiences result in persistent hippocampal synaptic plasticity. This can even dictate the direction of change of synaptic strength.The different hippocampal subfields play different roles in encoding components of a spatial representation through LTP and LTD. Strikingly, the sensitivity of synaptic plasticity in these subfields to β-adrenergic control is very distinct (dentate gyrus > CA3 > CA1). Moreover, NA released from the locus coeruleus that acts on β-AR leads to hippocampal LTD and an enhancement of LTD-related memory processing. We propose that NA acting on hippocampal β-AR, that is graded according to the novelty or saliency of the experience, determines the content and persistency of synaptic information storage in the hippocampal subfields and therefore of spatial memories.
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