Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Integrating pheromonal and spatial information in the amygdalo-hippocampal network

  • María Villafranca-Faus,
  • Manuel Esteban Vila-Martín,
  • Daniel Esteve,
  • Esteban Merino,
  • Anna Teruel-Sanchis,
  • Ana Cervera-Ferri,
  • Joana Martínez-Ricós,
  • Ana Lloret,
  • Enrique Lanuza,
  • Vicent Teruel-Martí

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25442-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Male and female mice need to generate spatial maps that integrate vomeronasal signals of territory owners in the hippocampus-dependent memory. The authors show that vomeronasal information influences learning-related activity in the hippocampus via the amygdaloid PMCo, lateral entorhinal cortex, and dorsal CA1.