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ArticleThe Journal of general physiology2025

Projections from ventral hippocampus to nucleus accumbens' cholinergic neurons are altered in depression.

Lucian Medrihan, Margarete G Knudsen, Tatiana Ferraro, Pedro Del Cioppo Vasques, Yevgeniy Romin, Sho Fujisawa, Paul Greengard, Ana Milosevic

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Article in The Journal of general physiology, 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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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. A ventral hippocampus to nucleus accumbens pathway regulates impulsivity in male but not female rats.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026
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  5. A ventral hippocampus to nucleus accumbens pathway regulates impulsivity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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8 authors.

Lucian MedrihanLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8252-2595
Margarete G KnudsenLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1190-3761
Tatiana FerraroLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0009-0002-2394-7881
Pedro Del Cioppo VasquesLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1434-1036
Yevgeniy RominMolecular Cytology Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3649-6813
Sho FujisawaMolecular Cytology Core Facility, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5872-5624
Paul GreengardLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Ana MilosevicLaboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8200-626X

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
RESEARCH SUPPORT CORE 4P30DA035756 · NIDA · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI HEINTZ, NATHANIEL · 2013 to 2017
$6.7M
Functional Networks in Microglia and Astrocytes Regulating Neuropathology of Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG059770 · NIA · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI MILOSEVIC, ANA · 2018 to 2020
$4.3M
Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research FoundationNCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NIA NIH HHS 1RF1AG059770-01NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG059770NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA035756NINDS NIH HHS N01 NS002331
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cholinergic interneurons (ChIs) of the nucleus accumbens (NAc) have a critical role in the activity of this region, specifically in the context of major depressive disorder. To understand the circuitry regulating this behavior, we sought to determine the areas that directly project to these interneurons by utilizing the monosynaptic cell-specific tracing technique. Mapping showed monosynaptic projections that are exclusive to NAc ChIs. To determine if some of these projections are altered in a depression mouse model, we used mice that do not express the calcium-binding protein p11 specifically in ChIs (ChAT-p11 cKO) and display a depressive-like phenotype. Our data demonstrated that while the overall projection areas remain similar between wild type and ChAT-p11 cKO mice, the number of projections from the ventral hippocampus (vHIP) is significantly reduced in the ChAT-p11 cKO mice. Furthermore, using optogenetics and electrophysiology we showed that glutamatergic projections from vHIP to NAc ChIs are severely altered in mutant mice. These results show that specific alterations in the circuitry of the accumbal ChIs could play an important role in the regulation of depressive-like behavior, reward-seeking behavior in addictions, or psychiatric symptoms in neurodegenerative diseases.

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Cholinergic NeuronsDepressionHippocampusNucleus AccumbensAnimalsCholine O-AcetyltransferaseInterneuronsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutCholine O-Acetyltransferase

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PMID40052940
PMCPMC11893161

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