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ReviewFrontiers in neural circuits2023

Inhibitory circuits in fear memory and fear-related disorders.

Sanjay Singh, Lisa Topolnik

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Review in Frontiers in neural circuits, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Endocannabinoids inhibit contextual fear memory generalization via hippocampal GABAergic synaptic transmission.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  6. δ-Containing GABAJournal of neurophysiology · 2025
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  8. GABAergic/Glycinergic and Glutamatergic Neurons Mediate Distinct Neurodevelopmental Phenotypes ofThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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  12. Structural Organization of Perisomatic Inhibition in the Mouse Medial Prefrontal Cortex.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sanjay SinghDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bio-informatics, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Lisa TopolnikDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Bio-informatics, Laval University, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Université Laval · CA

Funding

CIHR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fear learning and memory rely on dynamic interactions between the excitatory and inhibitory neuronal populations that make up the prefrontal cortical, amygdala, and hippocampal circuits. Whereas inhibition of excitatory principal cells (PCs) by GABAergic neurons restrains their excitation, inhibition of GABAergic neurons promotes the excitation of PCs through a process called disinhibition. Specifically, GABAergic interneurons that express parvalbumin (PV+) and somatostatin (SOM+) provide inhibition to different subcellular domains of PCs, whereas those that express the vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP+) facilitate disinhibition of PCs by inhibiting PV+ and SOM+ interneurons. Importantly, although the main connectivity motifs and the underlying network functions of PV+, SOM+, and VIP+ interneurons are replicated across cortical and limbic areas, these inhibitory populations play region-specific roles in fear learning and memory. Here, we provide an overview of the fear processing in the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex based on the evidence obtained in human and animal studies. Moreover, focusing on recent findings obtained using genetically defined imaging and intervention strategies, we discuss the population-specific functions of PV+, SOM+, and VIP+ interneurons in fear circuits. Last, we review current insights that integrate the region-specific inhibitory and disinhibitory network patterns into fear memory acquisition and fear-related disorders.

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InterneuronsLearningAnimalsFearGABAergic NeuronsHumansMemoryParvalbuminsVasoactive Intestinal PeptideParvalbuminsVasoactive Intestinal Peptidecontextual fear conditioningdisinhibitionGABAergic interneuroninhibitionmemoryoptogenetics

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PMID37035504
PMCPMC10076544
OpenAlexW4360618228

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