Pattern Separation in the Dentate Gyrus: A Role for the CA3 Backprojection

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作者
Myers, Catherine E. [1 ,2 ]
Scharfman, Helen E. [3 ,4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Rutgers State Univ, Dept Psychol, Newark, NJ 07102 USA
[2] Vet Affairs New Jersey Hlth Care Syst, Neurobehav Res Lab, E Orange, NJ USA
[3] NYU, Langone Med Ctr, Dept Child & Adolescent Psychiat, New York, NY USA
[4] NYU, Langone Med Ctr, Dept Physiol & Neurosci, New York, NY USA
[5] Nathan S Kline Inst Psychiat Res, Ctr Dementia Res, Orangeburg, NY 10962 USA
关键词
hippocampus; dentate gyrus; pattern separation; computational model; learning and memory; RAT HIPPOCAMPAL SLICES; SEIZURE-INDUCED NEUROGENESIS; HILAR MOSSY CELLS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; GRANULE CELLS; PERFORANT PATH; INTRACELLULAR-RECORDINGS; FUNCTIONAL IMPLICATIONS; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; DOUBLE DISSOCIATION;
D O I
10.1002/hipo.20828
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Many theories of hippocampal function assume that area CA3 of hippocampus is capable of performing rapid pattern storage, as well as pattern completion when a partial version of a familiar pattern is presented, and that the dentate gyrus (DG) is a preprocessor that performs pattern separation, facilitating storage and recall in CA3. The latter assumption derives partly from the anatomical and physiological properties of DG. However, the major output of DG is from a large number of DG granule cells to a smaller number of CA3 pyramidal cells, which potentially negates the pattern separation performed in the DG. Here, we consider a simple CA3 network model, and consider how it might interact with a previously developed computational model of the DG. The resulting "standard'' DG-CA3 model performs pattern storage and completion well, given a small set of sparse, randomly derived patterns representing entorhinal input to the DG and CA3. However, under many circumstances, the pattern separation achieved in the DG is not as robust in CA3, resulting in a low storage capacity for CA3, compared to previous mathematical estimates of the storage capacity for an autoassociative network of this size. We also examine an often-overlooked aspect of hippocampal anatomy that might increase functionality in the combined DG-CA3 model. Specifically, axon collaterals of CA3 pyramidal cells project "back'' to the DG ("backprojections''), exerting inhibitory effects on granule cells that could potentially ensure that different subpopulations of granule cells are recruited to respond to similar patterns. In the model, addition of such backprojections improves both pattern separation and storage capacity. We also show that the DG-CA3 model with backprojections provides a better fit to empirical data than a model without backprojections. Therefore, we hypothesize that CA3 backprojections might play an important role in hippocampal function. (c) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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页数:26
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