Hippocampal pyramidal neurons comprise two distinct cell types that are countermodulated by metabotropic receptors.

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Neuron. 2012 Nov 21;76(4):776-89. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.09.036

Hippocampal pyramidal neurons comprise two distinct cell types that are countermodulated by metabotropic receptors. Spruston Lab

Graves AR, Moore SJ, Bloss EB, Mensh BD, Kath WL, Spruston N

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Relating the function of neuronal cell types to information processing and behavior is a central goal of neuroscience. In the hippocampus, pyramidal cells in CA1 and the subiculum process sensory and motor cues to form a cognitive map encoding spatial, contextual, and emotional information, which they transmit throughout the brain. Do these cells constitute a single class or are there multiple cell types with specialized functions? Using unbiased cluster analysis, we show that there are two morphologically and electrophysiologically distinct principal cell types that carry hippocampal output. We show further that these two cell types are inversely modulated by the synergistic action of glutamate and acetylcholine acting on metabotropic receptors that are central to hippocampal function. Combined with prior connectivity studies, our results support a model of hippocampal processing in which the two pyramidal cell types are predominantly segregated into two parallel pathways that process distinct modalities of information.

PMID: 23177962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Hippocampal pyramidal neurons comprise two distinct cell types that are countermodulated by metabotropic receptors.

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PMID: 23177962 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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