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ArticleNeuron2025

Distal tuft dendrites predict properties of new hippocampal place fields.

Justin K O'Hare, Jamie Wang, Margjele D Shala, Franck Polleux, Attila Losonczy

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Article in Neuron, 2025. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Distinct types of dendritic CaScience advances · 2026
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  9. A dendrite-resolved,bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  10. Behavioral Timescale Synaptic Plasticity: A Burst in the Field of Learning and Memory.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Justin K O'HareDepartment of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: justin.ohare@cuanschutz.edu.
Jamie WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Margjele D ShalaDepartment of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Franck PolleuxDepartment of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Attila LosonczyDepartment of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: al2856@columbia.edu.

Funding

Development, Maintenance, and Human-Specific Evolution of Cortical CircuitsR35NS127232 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI FRANCK POLLEUX · 2022 to 2026
$6.1M
Optimization, application and dissemination of high-speed hybrid multiphoton volumetric imaging technologiesU01NS115530 · NINDS · ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY · PI LOSONCZY, ATTILA, VAZIRI, ALIPASHA · 2020 to 2023
$4.7M
Microcircuit, cellular and molecular dissection of impaired hippocampal function in a mouse model of the 22q11.2 deletionR01MH124047 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI GOGOS, JOSEPH A, LOSONCZY, ATTILA · 2020 to 2024
$3.8M
Experimental and modeling investigations into microcircuit, cellular and subcellular determinants of hippocampal ensemble recruitment to contextual representationsR01MH124867 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LOSONCZY, ATTILA, POIRAZI, PANAYIOTA · 2021 to 2025
$3.4M
Control of Axon Initial Segment in EpilepsyR01NS121106 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI LOSONCZY, ATTILA, SOLTESZ, IVAN · 2021 to 2025
$3.4M
Local Circuit Control of Rapid Plasticity and Tunable Ensemble Formation in the HippocampusRF1NS133381 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LOSONCZY, ATTILA, SOLTESZ, IVAN · 2023 to 2023
$2.6M
Dissecting the role of the dentate gyrus microcircuit to improve cognitive discrimination in aging and Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG080818 · NIA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI FUSI, STEFANO, HEN, RENE · 2023 to 2023
$2.5M
Activity-dependent endocannabinoid control in epilepsyR01NS131728 · NINDS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Attila Losonczy, IVAN SOLTESZ · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
Defining the Circuit, Synaptic, and Molecular Mechanisms Linking Intracellular Ca2+ Release to Learning Using Subcellularly-Targeted Manipulations and Imaging Techniques in Dendrites in VivoR00NS127815 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Justin O'Hare · 2024 to 2026
$672k
Defining the Circuit, Synaptic, and Molecular Mechanisms Linking Intracellular Ca2+ Release to Learning Using Subcellularly-Targeted Manipulations and Imaging Techniques in Dendrites in VivoK99NS127815 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI O'HARE, JUSTIN · 2022 to 2023
$272k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hippocampal pyramidal neurons support episodic memory by integrating complementary information streams into new "place fields." Distal tuft dendrites have been proposed to drive place field formation via dendritic plateau potentials. However, the relationship between distal dendritic and somatic activity is unknown in vivo. Here, we gained simultaneous optical access to distal tuft dendrites and their soma in head-fixed mice navigating virtual reality environments. While distal tuft dendrites rarely express local peri-formation plateau potentials, the timing and extent of their recruitment predict properties of resultant somatic place fields. Following somatic place field formation, distal tuft dendrites readily express plateau potentials as well as local place fields that are back shifted relative to that of their soma. Distal tuft dendrites may therefore undergo local plasticity during somatic place field formation. Through direct in vivo observation, we provide an updated dendritic basis for hippocampal feature selectivity during navigational learning.

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DendritesHippocampusNeuronal PlasticityPyramidal CellsAnimalsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLVirtual Realitybrain circuitdendritehippocampusin vivo imagingmousepyramidal neuronreceptive fieldspatial navigationsynaptic plasticity

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PMID40250428
PMCPMC12181068

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