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Distinct neuronal populations contribute to trace conditioning and extinction learning in the hippocampal CA1

  1. Rebecca A Mount
  2. Sudiksha Sridhar
  3. Kyle R Hansen
  4. Ali I Mohammed
  5. Moona E Abdulkerim
  6. Robb Kessel
  7. Bobak Nazer
  8. Howard J Gritton  Is a corresponding author
  9. Xue Han  Is a corresponding author
  1. Boston University, United States
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56491
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  1. Rebecca A Mount
  2. Sudiksha Sridhar
  3. Kyle R Hansen
  4. Ali I Mohammed
  5. Moona E Abdulkerim
  6. Robb Kessel
  7. Bobak Nazer
  8. Howard J Gritton
  9. Xue Han
(2021)
Distinct neuronal populations contribute to trace conditioning and extinction learning in the hippocampal CA1
eLife 10:e56491.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56491
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Abstract

Trace conditioning and extinction learning depend on the hippocampus, but it remains unclear how neural activity in the hippocampus is modulated during these two different behavioral processes. To explore this question, we performed calcium imaging from a large number of individual CA1 neurons during both trace eye-blink conditioning and subsequent extinction learning in mice. Our findings reveal that distinct populations of CA1 cells contribute to trace conditioned learning versus extinction learning, as learning emerges. Furthermore, we examined network connectivity by calculating co-activity between CA1 neuron pairs and found that CA1 network connectivity patterns also differ between conditioning and extinction, even though the overall connectivity density remains constant. Together, our results demonstrate that distinct populations of hippocampal CA1 neurons, forming different sub-networks with unique connectivity patterns, encode different aspects of learning.

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All custom software will be made available on the Han Lab Github, and links are provided in the manuscript.All data generated during this study is included in the manuscript.

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  1. Rebecca A Mount

    Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, United States
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  2. Sudiksha Sridhar

    Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, United States
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  3. Kyle R Hansen

    Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, United States
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  4. Ali I Mohammed

    Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, United States
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  5. Moona E Abdulkerim

    Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, United States
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  6. Robb Kessel

    Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, United States
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  7. Bobak Nazer

    Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, United States
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  8. Howard J Gritton

    Biomedical Engineering Department, Boston University, Boston, United States
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    hgritton@bu.edu
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  9. Xue Han

    Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, United States
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    xuehan@bu.edu
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Funding

National Science Foundation (CBET-1848029)

  • Xue Han

National Institutes of Health (1R01MH122971-01A1,1R21MH109941-01)

  • Xue Han

Boston University Dean's Catalyst Award

  • Xue Han

National Academy of Engineering

  • Xue Han

The Grainger Foundation, Inc.

  • Xue Han

National Science Foundation (DGE-1247312)

  • Kyle R Hansen

National Institutes of Health (F31 NS 105420)

  • Kyle R Hansen

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

Ethics

Animal experimentation: All animal procedures were approved by the Boston University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (protocol #201800680), and all experiments were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations.

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© 2021, Mount et al.

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  1. Rebecca A Mount
  2. Sudiksha Sridhar
  3. Kyle R Hansen
  4. Ali I Mohammed
  5. Moona E Abdulkerim
  6. Robb Kessel
  7. Bobak Nazer
  8. Howard J Gritton
  9. Xue Han
(2021)
Distinct neuronal populations contribute to trace conditioning and extinction learning in the hippocampal CA1
eLife 10:e56491.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.56491

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