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ArticleNature communications2025

Ventral hippocampus neurons encode meal-related memory.

Léa Décarie-Spain, Cindy Gu, Logan Tierno Lauer, Keshav S Subramanian, Samar N Chehimi, Alicia E Kao, Serena X Gao, Iris Deng, Alexander G Bashaw, Molly E Klug and 12 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 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. 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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  6. Top-down regulation of ingestive behavior fragmentation.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  10. A ventral hippocampus to nucleus accumbens pathway regulates impulsivity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

22 authors.

Léa Décarie-SpainHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Cindy GuHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Logan Tierno LauerHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Keshav S SubramanianNeuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3816-7482
Samar N ChehimiDepartment of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0701-9260
Alicia E KaoHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Serena X GaoNeuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-6438-9192
Iris DengHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Alexander G BashawNeuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Molly E KlugHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Jessica J ReaNeuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7671-936X
Alice I WaldowHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Ashyah Hewage GalbokkeHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Olivia MoodyHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-7008-5616
Kristen N DonohueHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Mingxin YangMonell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Guillaume de LartigueMonell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0032-8810
Kevin P MyersDepartment of Psychology, Bucknell University Lewisburg, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Richard C CristDepartment of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9461-1256
Benjamin C ReinerDepartment of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7796-587X
Matthew R HayesDepartment of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9782-6551
Scott E KanoskiHuman & Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. kanoski@usc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9526-206X

Funding

Higher-Order Neural Control of Food IntakeR01DK104897 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI KANOSKI, SCOTT EDWARD · 2015 to 2024
$4.3M
Amylin Modulates Food RewardR01DK105155 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HAYES, MATTHEW R · 2016 to 2025
$4.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK104897NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK105155U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) DK104897U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) DK105155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The ability to encode and retrieve meal-related information is critical to efficiently guide energy acquisition and consumption, yet the underlying neural processes remain elusive. Here we reveal that ventral hippocampus (HPCv) neuronal activity dynamically elevates between eating bouts during meal consumption and this response is predictive of performance in a foraging-related memory test for the spatial location of a previously consumed meal. Targeted recombination-mediated ablation of HPCv meal-responsive neurons impairs meal location memory without influencing food motivation or spatial memory for escape location. These HPCv meal-responsive neurons project to the lateral hypothalamic area (LHA) and are enriched in serotonin 2a receptors (5HT2aR). Either chemogenetic silencing of HPCv-to-LHA projections or intra-HPCv 5HT2aR antagonist yielded meal location memory deficits, as well as increased caloric intake driven by shorter temporal intervals between meals. Collective results identify a population of HPCv neurons in male rats that dynamically respond during eating to encode meal-related memories.

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Feeding BehaviorHippocampusMemoryNeuronsAnimalsEatingHypothalamic Area, LateralMaleRatsSpatial Memory

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PMID40500290
PMCPMC12159138

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