Hippocampal-prefrontal input supports spatial encoding in working memory
Timothy Spellman, Mattia Rigotti, Susanne E Ahmari, Stefano Fusi, Joseph A Gogos, Joshua A Gordon, Timothy Spellman, Mattia Rigotti, Susanne E Ahmari, Stefano Fusi, Joseph A Gogos, Joshua A Gordon
Abstract
Spatial working memory, the caching of behaviourally relevant spatial cues on a timescale of seconds, is a fundamental constituent of cognition. Although the prefrontal cortex and hippocampus are known to contribute jointly to successful spatial working memory, the anatomical pathway and temporal window for the interaction of these structures critical to spatial working memory has not yet been established. Here we find that direct hippocampal-prefrontal afferents are critical for encoding, but not for maintenance or retrieval, of spatial cues in mice. These cues are represented by the activity of individual prefrontal units in a manner that is dependent on hippocampal input only during the cue-encoding phase of a spatial working memory task. Successful encoding of these cues appears to be mediated by gamma-frequency synchrony between the two structures. These findings indicate a critical role for the direct hippocampal-prefrontal afferent pathway in the continuous updating of task-related spatial information during spatial working memory.
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