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ArticleMolecular psychiatry2025

A dorsal subiculum-medial mammillary body pathway for spatial memory.

Jianping Zhang, Mei Yao, Tao Jiang, Anan Li, Hui Gong, Miao He, Qingming Luo, Xiangning Li

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Article in Molecular psychiatry, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Jianping Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China.
Mei Yao *Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Tao JiangHUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI, Suzhou, China.
Anan LiBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5877-4813
Hui GongBritton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5519-6248
Miao HeInstitutes of Brain Science, Department of Neurology, State Key Laboratory of Brain Function and Disorders and MOE Frontiers Center for Brain Science, Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. hem@fudan.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0003-0731-6801
Qingming LuoState Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China. qluo@hainanu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-6725-9311
Xiangning LiState Key Laboratory of Digital Medical Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China. lixiangning@hainanu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3747-2824

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2022M710989National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32400850Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province 822QN298
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The dorsal subiculum (dSub) and medial mammillary body (MM) are essential components of the extended hippocampal system, heavily implicated in spatial memory processes. However, the exact function of the prominent dSub-to-MM projection has remained ambiguous. Here, integrating c-fos mapping, fiber photometry, optogenetic manipulations and behavioral paradigms, we found that the monosynaptic connection between dSub and MM, rather than collaterals to other regions, is not only involved in spatial memory retrieval but also highly vulnerable to perturbations on activity level in both directions. In addition, we mapped the single neuron projectome of MM-projecting dSub neurons using fluorescence micro-optical sectioning tomography (fMOST). Our study unveiled that the individual dSub neuron extend efferent connections to the bilateral MM neurons, while also exhibiting substantial collateral projections to the retrosplenial cortex (RSP) and entorhinal (ENT). Our findings shed light on previously unknown subtypes and organizational principles of projection neurons in the afferent circuitry of the MM, thereby elucidating the circuit mechanism underlying the contribution of the dSub-MM circuit to spatial memory.

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HippocampusMammillary BodiesSpatial MemoryAnimalsEntorhinal CortexMaleMaze LearningMiceNeural PathwaysNeuronsOptogenetics

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