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ArticleNational science review2021

Input associativity underlies fear memory renewal.

Wei-Guang Li, Yan-Jiao Wu, Xue Gu, Hui-Ran Fan, Qi Wang, Jia-Jie Zhu, Xin Yi, Qin Wang, Qin Jiang, Ying Li and 6 more

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Article in National science review, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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Wei-Guang LiCenter for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3442-7518
Yan-Jiao WuCenter for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Xue GuCenter for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Hui-Ran FanDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 20025, China.
Qi WangCenter for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Jia-Jie ZhuDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 20025, China.
Xin YiCenter for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Qin WangDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 20025, China.
Qin JiangCenter for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Ying LiCenter for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Ti-Fei YuanShanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 201108, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0510-715X
Han XuCenter for Neuroscience and Department of Neurology of the Second Affiliated Hospital, NHC and CAMS Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310058, China.
Jiangteng LuCenter for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.
Nan-Jie XuDepartment of Anatomy and Physiology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 20025, China.
Michael Xi ZhuDepartment of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Tian-Le XuCenter for Brain Science of Shanghai Children's Medical Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1438-0038

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synaptic associativity, a feature of Hebbian plasticity wherein coactivation of two inputs onto the same neuron produces synergistic actions on postsynaptic activity, is a primary cellular correlate of associative learning. However, whether and how synaptic associativity are implemented into context-dependent relapse of extinguished memory (i.e. fear renewal) is unknown. Here, using an auditory fear conditioning paradigm in mice, we show that fear renewal is determined by the associativity between convergent inputs from the auditory cortex (ACx) and ventral hippocampus (vHPC) onto the lateral amygdala (LA) that reactivate ensembles engaged during learning. Fear renewal enhances synaptic strengths of both ACx to LA and the previously unknown vHPC to LA monosynaptic inputs. While inactivating either of the afferents abolishes fear renewal, optogenetic activation of their input associativity in the LA recapitulates fear renewal. Thus, input associativity underlies fear memory renewal.

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auditory cortexfear renewalinput associativitylateral amygdalalong-term potentiationmemory ensemblesventral hippocampus

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