Nature Communications (Dec 2017)

The interhemispheric CA1 circuit governs rapid generalisation but not fear memory

  • Heng Zhou,
  • Gui-Jing Xiong,
  • Liang Jing,
  • Ning-Ning Song,
  • De-Lin Pu,
  • Xun Tang,
  • Xiao-Bing He,
  • Fu-Qiang Xu,
  • Jing-Fei Huang,
  • Ling-Jiang Li,
  • Gal Richter-Levin,
  • Rong-Rong Mao,
  • Qi-Xin Zhou,
  • Yu-Qiang Ding,
  • Lin Xu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02315-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Previous work has documented a slow form of memory generalization although a rapid one is demanded. Here the authors elucidate the role of the interhemispheric CA1-CA1 projection in a form of rapid generalization of contextual fear memory via gradual potentiation of these synapses over 24 h.