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The Journal of Neuroscience, June 15, 1998, 18(12):4616-4626
Involvement of Distinct Pioneer Neurons in the Formation of
Layer-Specific Connections in the Hippocampus
Hans
Supèr,
Albert
Martínez,
José A.
Del
Río, and
Eduardo
Soriano
Department of Animal and Plant Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology,
University of Barcelona, Barcelona 08028, Spain
During neural development, specific recognition molecules provide
the cues necessary for the formation of initial projection maps, which
are reshaped later in development. In some systems, guiding cues for
axonal pathfinding and target selection are provided by specific cells
that are present only at critical times. For instance, the floor plate
guides commissural axons in the spinal cord, and the subplate is
involved in the formation of thalamocortical connections. Here we study
the development of entorhinal and commissural connections to the murine
hippocampus, which in the adult terminate in nonoverlapping layers. We
show that two groups of pioneer neurons, Cajal-Retzius cells and
GABAergic neurons, form layer-specific scaffolds that overlap with
distinct hippocampal afferents at embryonic and early postnatal stages.
Furthermore, at postnatal day 0 (P0)-P5, before the
dendrites of pyramidal neurons develop, these pioneer neurons are
preferential synaptic targets for hippocampal afferents.
Birthdating analysis using 5'-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) pulses showed
that most such early-generated neurons disappear at late postnatal
stages, most likely by cell death. Together with previous studies,
these findings indicate that distinct pioneer neurons are involved in
the guidance and targeting of different hippocampal afferents.
Key words:
Cajal-Retzius cells; pioneer neurons; synapse formation; axonal guidance; anterograde tracers; mouse
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