Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Acetylcholine prioritises direct synaptic inputs from entorhinal cortex to CA1 by differential modulation of feedforward inhibitory circuits

  • Jon Palacios-Filardo,
  • Matt Udakis,
  • Giles A. Brown,
  • Benjamin G. Tehan,
  • Miles S. Congreve,
  • Pradeep J. Nathan,
  • Alastair J. H. Brown,
  • Jack R. Mellor

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25280-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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In this study, acetylcholine release is shown to reorganise hippocampal CA1 inhibitory networks resulting in prioritisation of entorhinal input over CA3 input. This is achieved by activation of a combination of M3 and M4 muscarinic receptors.