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ArticleNature communications2026

Parvalbumin-positive neurons in the medial septum participate in the formation of hippocampal-dependent spatial memory.

Yawen Zheng, Jifu Tong, Yuanwei Xing, Shan Shao, Naizheng Liu, Shuting Liu, Jiao Wu, Wang Yin, Jiaxin Wang, Shulu Yuan and 5 more

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Yawen ZhengNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-1486-7761
Jifu TongNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-9347-0987
Yuanwei XingNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Shan ShaoNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Naizheng LiuNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Shuting LiuNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Jiao WuNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Wang YinNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Jiaxin WangNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Shulu YuanNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Kun CuiNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.
Xuetao QiNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1449-7268
Shuang CuiNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China.
You WanNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China. ywan@hsc.pku.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9187-8526
Ming YiNeuroscience Research Institute and Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100083, China. mingyi@hsc.pku.edu.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32271053National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32371049
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

GABAergic medial septal neurons play a key role in regulating hippocampus-dependent spatial memory, but the underlying mechanisms are not yet fully understood. In male mice, we establish an object-place recognition impairment model using an acute sleep deprivation protocol. Here we show that parvalbumin-positive neurons in the medial septum regulate object-location memory specificity during encoding by modulating hippocampal place cell population activity. Using in vivo electrophysiology combined with optogenetics, we characterize the role of medial septal parvalbumin-positive neurons in object-place recognition during memory encoding. Preference for objects relocated to novel positions parallels directional shifts in place fields of remapping neuronal populations, as well as decreased co-activity among place cells in dorsal CA1 during the encoding phase. Activating medial septal parvalbumin-positive neurons during memory encoding rescues object-place recognition impairments. These findings suggest that parvalbumin-positive neurons in the medial septum play a causal role in object-place recognition memory.

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HippocampusNeuronsParvalbuminsSeptal NucleiSpatial MemoryAnimalsCA1 Region, HippocampalMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOptogeneticsSeptum of BrainParvalbumins

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PMCPMC13168293

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