VGLUT2 functions as a differential marker for hippocampal output neurons

Christian Wozny; Prateep Beed; Noam Nitzan; Yona Pössnecker; Benjamin R. Rost; Dietmar Schmitz

doi:10.3389/fncel.2018.00337

VGLUT2 functions as a differential marker for hippocampal output neurons

Christian Wozny, Prateep Beed, Noam Nitzan, Yona Pössnecker, Benjamin R. Rost, Dietmar Schmitz

Strathclyde Institute Of Pharmacy And Biomedical Sciences

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Abstract

The subiculum is the gatekeeper between the hippocampus and cortical areas. Yet, the lack of a pyramidal cell-specific marker gene has made the analysis of the subicular area very difficult. Here we report that the vesicular-glutamate transporter 2 (VGLUT2) functions as a specific marker gene for subicular burst-firing neurons, and demonstrate that VGLUT2-Cre mice allow for Channelrhodopsin-2 (ChR2)-assisted connectivity analysis.

Original language	English
Article number	337
Number of pages	5
Journal	Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2018.00337
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct 2018

Keywords

channelrhodopsin-2
entorhinal cortex
hippocampus
subiculum
synaptic transmission
VGLUT2

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