Structure, biophysics, and circuit function of a “giant” cortical presynaptic terminal

D Vandael, P Jonas - Science, 2024 - science.org
The hippocampal mossy fiber synapse, formed between axons of dentate gyrus granule
cells and dendrites of CA3 pyramidal neurons, is a key synapse in the trisynaptic circuitry of …

Entorhinal cortex vulnerability to human APP expression promotes hyperexcitability and tau pathology

AM Goettemoeller, E Banks, P Kumar, VJ Olah… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Preventative treatment for Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is dire, yet mechanisms underlying
early regional vulnerability remain unknown. In AD, one of the earliest pathophysiological …

Human hippocampal CA3 uses specific functional connectivity rules for efficient associative memory

JF Watson, V Vargas-Barroso, RJ Morse-Mora… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The human brain has remarkable computational power. It generates sophisticated
behavioral sequences, stores engrams over an individual's lifetime, and produces higher …

A non-Hebbian code for episodic memory

R Pang, S Recanatesi - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Hebbian plasticity has long dominated neurobiological models of memory formation. Yet
plasticity rules operating on one-shot episodic memory timescales rarely depend on both …

Investigation of Presynaptic Plasticity Mechanisms at the Hippocampal Mossy Fiber Bouton

F Brüntgens - 2024 - refubium.fu-berlin.de
Hippokampale Moosfaser Boutons sind große, plastische Synapsen, die Körnerzellen aus
dem Gyrus dentatus mit CA3 Pyramidenzellen verbinden. Sie spielen eine substanzielle …