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Parallel Pathways Provide Hippocampal Spatial Information to Prefrontal Cortex

Kokoe Fany Messanvi, Kathleen Berkun, Aster Perkins and Yogita Chudasama
Journal of Neuroscience 4 January 2023, 43 (1) 68-81; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0846-22.2022
Kokoe Fany Messanvi
Section on Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Kathleen Berkun
Section on Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Aster Perkins
Section on Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Yogita Chudasama
Section on Behavioral Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Long-range synaptic connections define how information flows through neuronal networks. Here, we combined retrograde and anterograde trans-synaptic viruses to delineate areas that exert direct and indirect influence over the dorsal and ventral prefrontal cortex (PFC) of the rat (both sexes). Notably, retrograde tracing using pseudorabies virus (PRV) revealed that both dorsal and ventral areas of the PFC receive prominent disynaptic input from the dorsal CA3 (dCA3) region of the hippocampus. The PRV experiments also identified candidate anatomical relays for this disynaptic pathway, namely, the ventral hippocampus, lateral septum, thalamus, amygdala, and basal forebrain. To determine the viability of each of these relays, we performed three additional experiments. In the first, we injected the retrograde monosynaptic tracer Fluoro-Gold into the PFC and the anterograde monosynaptic tracer Fluoro-Ruby into the dCA3 to confirm the first-order connecting areas and revealed several potential relay regions between the PFC and dCA3. In the second, we combined PRV injection in the PFC with polysynaptic anterograde viral tracer (HSV-1) in the dCA3 to reveal colabeled connecting neurons, which were evident only in the ventral hippocampus. In the third, we combined retrograde adeno-associated virus (AAV) injections in the PFC with an anterograde AAV in the dCA3 to reveal anatomical relay neurons in the ventral hippocampus and dorsal lateral septum. Together, these findings reveal parallel disynaptic pathways from the dCA3 to the PFC, illuminating a new anatomical framework for understanding hippocampal–prefrontal interactions. We suggest that the representation of context and space may be a universal feature of prefrontal function.

SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT The known functions of the prefrontal cortex are shaped by input from multiple brain areas. We used transneuronal viral tracing to discover multiple prominent disynaptic pathways through which the dorsal hippocampus (specifically, the dorsal CA3) has the potential to shape the actions of the prefrontal cortex. The demonstration of neuronal relays in the ventral hippocampus and lateral septum presents a new foundation for understanding long-range influences over prefrontal interactions, including the specific contribution of the dorsal CA3 to prefrontal function.

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  • dorsal hippocampus
  • prefrontal function
  • rat
  • viral tracing
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Kokoe Fany Messanvi, Kathleen Berkun, Aster Perkins, Yogita Chudasama
Journal of Neuroscience 4 January 2023, 43 (1) 68-81; DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0846-22.2022

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