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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Memory research
  • Cellular biology

Background:

  • The dentate gyrus (DG) is crucial for contextual memory encoding.
  • Mechanisms of neuronal recruitment into memory engrams are not fully understood.
  • Neuron excitability is a potential factor in engram formation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if neuronal excitability, modulated by CREB overexpression, biases dentate gyrus neuron recruitment into memory engrams.
  • To determine if CREB-overexpressing neurons are essential components of contextual fear memory engrams.
  • To assess the role of post-training neuronal activity in memory consolidation.

Main Methods:

  • Overexpressed CREB in a random population of DG neurons.
  • Used chemogenetics (hM4Di) and optogenetics (iC++) to silence specific neuron populations.
  • Examined memory expression by silencing CREB-overexpressing neurons or random control neurons.
  • Investigated the effect of post-training silencing of engram neurons on memory expression.

Main Results:

  • Silencing CREB-overexpressing DG neurons attenuated contextual fear memory expression.
  • Silencing random neurons without CREB overexpression did not affect memory.
  • Post-training silencing of engram neurons 5 minutes, but not 24 hours, after training disrupted memory expression.

Conclusions:

  • Neuronal excitability, influenced by CREB, plays a role in allocating neurons to memory engrams in the DG.
  • The DG follows similar neuronal allocation rules as the lateral amygdala.
  • Disrupting post-training activity patterns of engram neurons impairs memory consolidation.