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ArticleNature communications2025

Atypical hippocampal excitatory neurons express and govern object memory.

Adrienne I Kinman, Derek N Merryweather, Sarah R Erwin, Regan E Campbell, Kaitlin E Sullivan, Larissa Kraus, Margarita Kapustina, Brianna N Bristow, Mingjia Y Zhang, Madeline W Elder and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Adrienne I KinmanDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Derek N Merryweather *Dept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Sarah R Erwin *Dept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Regan E CampbellDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Kaitlin E SullivanDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Larissa KrausDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Margarita KapustinaDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Brianna N BristowDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0411-916X
Mingjia Y ZhangDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Madeline W ElderDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Sydney C WoodDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Ali TarikDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Esther KimDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Joshua TindallDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.
William DanielsDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-7521-6072
Mehwish AnwerDept. of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z7, Canada.
Caiying GuoJanelia Research Campus, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Ashburn, 20147, USA.
Mark S CembrowskiDept. of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada. mark.cembrowski@ubc.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8275-7362

Funding

Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) PJT-183950Gouvernement du Canada | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Instituts de Recherche en Santé du Canada) PJT-419798Gouvernement du Canada | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et en Génie du Canada) RGPIN-2019-04507
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Classically, pyramidal cells of the hippocampus are viewed as flexibly representing spatial and non-spatial information. Recent work has illustrated distinct types of hippocampal excitatory neurons, suggesting that hippocampal representations and functions may be constrained and interpreted by these underlying cell-type identities. In mice, here we reveal a non-pyramidal excitatory neuron type - the "ovoid" neuron - that is spatially adjacent to subiculum pyramidal cells but differs in gene expression, electrophysiology, morphology, and connectivity. Functionally, novel object encounters drive sustained ovoid neuron activity, whereas familiar objects fail to drive activity even months after single-trial learning. Silencing ovoid neurons prevents non-spatial object learning but leaves spatial learning intact, and activating ovoid neurons toggles novel-object seeking to familiar-object seeking. Such function is doubly dissociable from pyramidal neurons, wherein manipulation of pyramidal cells affects spatial assays but not non-spatial learning. Ovoid neurons of the subiculum thus illustrate selective cell-type-specific control of non-spatial memory and behavioral preference.

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HippocampusMemoryNeuronsAnimalsFemaleMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPyramidal CellsSpatial Learning

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PMID39939601
PMCPMC11822006

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