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ArticleNeuron2017

Increased Prevalence of Calcium Transients across the Dendritic Arbor during Place Field Formation.

Mark E J Sheffield, Michael D Adoff, Daniel A Dombeck

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Article in Neuron, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers.

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130citing papers in PubMed
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

130 citing papers in PubMed, 233 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mark E J SheffieldDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Michael D AdoffDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Daniel A DombeckDepartment of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. Electronic address: d-dombeck@northwestern.edu.
Northwestern University · US

Funding

Behavioral relevance of active dendritic mechanisms of integration and plasticityR01MH101297 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI DOMBECK, DANIEL A · 2013 to 2023
$4.8M
Training Program in Neurobiology of Information StorageT32MH067564 · NIMH · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Daniel A Dombeck · 2003 to 2026
$4.7M
Dendritic Organization of Synaptic Input to CA1 Hippocampal Place Cells during Spatial NavigationF31NS098666 · NINDS · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI ADOFF, MICHAEL DAVID · 2017 to 2019
$97k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101297NIMH NIH HHS T32 MH067564NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS098666
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hippocampal place cell ensembles form a cognitive map of space during exposure to novel environments. However, surprisingly little evidence exists to support the idea that synaptic plasticity in place cells is involved in forming new place fields. Here we used high-resolution functional imaging to determine the signaling patterns in CA1 soma, dendrites, and axons associated with place field formation when mice are exposed to novel virtual environments. We found that putative local dendritic spikes often occur prior to somatic place field firing. Subsequently, the first occurrence of somatic place field firing was associated with widespread regenerative dendritic events, which decreased in prevalence with increased novel environment experience. This transient increase in regenerative events was likely facilitated by a reduction in dendritic inhibition. Since regenerative dendritic events can provide the depolarization necessary for Hebbian potentiation, these results suggest that activity-dependent synaptic plasticity underlies the formation of many CA1 place fields.

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Action PotentialsAnimalsCA1 Region, HippocampalCalciumDendritesLocomotionMaleMiceMice, 129 StrainMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicNeuronal PlasticityOrgan Culture TechniquesPrevalenceCalciumbranch spikecalcium imagingdendritic spikehebbianhippocampusmemory formationnavigationplace celltwo-photon microscopyvirtual reality

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PMID29024668
PMCPMC5642299
OpenAlexW2763166029

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