Data di Pubblicazione:
2024
Abstract:
: The mammalian brain can store and retrieve memories of related events as distinct memories and remember common features of those experiences. How it computes this function remains elusive. Here, we show in rats that recent memories of two closely timed auditory fear events share overlapping neuronal ensembles in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) and are functionally linked. However, remote memories have reduced neuronal overlap and are functionally independent. The activity of parvalbumin (PV)-expressing neurons in the BLA plays a crucial role in forming separate remote memories. Chemogenetic blockade of PV preserves individual remote memories but prevents their segregation, resulting in reciprocal associations. The hippocampus drives this process through specific excitatory connections with BLA GABAergic interneurons. These findings provide insights into the neuronal mechanisms that minimize the overlap between distinct remote memories and enable the retrieval of related memories separately.
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03A-Articolo su Rivista
Keywords:
CP: Neuroscience; amygdala; auditory fear learning; fear; hippocampus; memory allocation; memory specificity; parvalbumin cells; pattern separation; remote memories; trans-synaptic tracing
Elenco autori:
Concina, Giulia; Milano, Luisella; Renna, Annamaria; Manassero, Eugenio; Stabile, Francesca; Sacchetti, Benedetto
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