RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Neonatal and Adult Neurogenesis Provide Two Distinct Populations of Newborn Neurons to the Mouse Olfactory Bulb
JF The Journal of Neuroscience
JO J. Neurosci.
FD Society for Neuroscience
SP 6816
OP 6825
DO 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1114-05.2005
VO 25
IS 29
A1 Morgane Lemasson
A1 Armen Saghatelyan
A1 Jean-Christophe Olivo-Marin
A1 Pierre-Marie Lledo
YR 2005
UL http://www.jneurosci.org/content/25/29/6816.abstract
AB In mammals, the olfactory bulb (OB) constitutes one of two regions of the postnatal brain with continuous neurogenesis throughout life. Despite intense explorations of neuronal replacement in the adult OB, little is known about the mechanisms that operate at earlier postnatal stages. This question is particularly pertinent, because the majority of local interneurons are born in the neonate, when olfaction controls vital functions. Here, we analyzed the recruitment of newborn cells to the granule cell (GC) layer (GCL) and found that the postnatal mouse OB is supplied with two spatiotemporally distinct populations of newborn interneurons. Early born [postnatal day 3 (P3) to P7] GCs constitute a threefold larger population compared with those generated later (P14-P60), and some of them are produced locally within the OB itself. Newborn interneurons generated at P3-P7 were predominantly targeted to the external edge of the GCL, whereas newly generated cells were positioned deeper in older mice. Additionally, although ∼50% of adult newborn cells were eliminated within a few weeks of reaching the OB, almost the entire population of early born GCs survived until adulthood. Importantly, early olfactory experience specifically modifies the number of newborn GCs in neonates but leaves unaltered the amount of neurons generated during adulthood. Together, these results demonstrate that early postnatal neurogenesis endows the neonate bulbar circuit with newborn GCs that differ morphologically and functionally from those produced in the adult.