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ReviewHippocampus2026

Non-Canonical Subiculum Circuit Organization and Function.

Pan Gao, Wenhao Cao, Douglas A Nitz, Xiangmin Xu

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Review in Hippocampus, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Mapping Projectome Heterogeneity of Subiculum Neuron Cell Types.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Hippocampome.org, a resource for subicular neuron types and beyond.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
    Article
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Pan GaoDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-7883-6569
Wenhao CaoDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.
Douglas A NitzDepartment of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3354-2450
Xiangmin XuDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5828-1533

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The subiculum is highly interconnected with the hippocampus, sub-regions of the thalamus, and the entorhinal and retrosplenial cortices. Together, these regions form a distributed network that plays critical roles in spatial cognition and learning and memory. Despite recent discoveries detailing subiculum's circuitry and neural dynamics, a unique role for subiculum in this system has yet to be determined. Traditionally, the subiculum has been considered the "fourth leg" and output region of the trisynaptic pathway. However, recent evidence highlights the subiculum as a site of integration, receiving and redistributing outputs from the hippocampus, anterior thalamus, retrosplenial cortex, and entorhinal cortex. We review how these afferents may explain the diverse forms of spatial and directional tuning observed in the subiculum, including location coding, boundary-related signals, axis of travel, and head orientation. We also discuss more recently identified "non-canonical" connections that suggest additional roles for the subiculum in refining hippocampal processing. Together, these findings call for a reconceptualization of the subiculum's role in spatial cognition, memory, and integration across thalamic, cortical, and hippocampal networks.

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HippocampusNerve NetNeural PathwaysAnimalsEntorhinal CortexHumansMemoryThalamus

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PMID41757742
PMCPMC12947615

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