preprint submitted Michele Nardin author 30BD0376-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A870000-0001-8849-6570 Karola Käfer author 2DAA49AA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 Jozsef L Csicsvari author 3FA14672-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A870000-0002-5193-4036 GradSch department JoCs department inter-and intracellular signalling in schizophrenia project Hippocampal and neocortical neural activity is modulated by the position of the individual in space. While hippocampal neurons provide the basis for a spatial map, prefrontal cortical neurons generalize over environmental features. Whether these generalized representations result from a bidirectional interaction with, or are mainly derived from hippocampal spatial representations is not known. By examining simultaneously recorded hippocampal and medial prefrontal neurons, we observed that prefrontal spatial representations show a delayed coherence with hippocampal ones. We also identified subpopulations of cells in the hippocampus and medial prefrontal cortex that formed functional cross-area couplings; these resembled the optimal connections predicted by a probabilistic model of spatial information transfer and generalization. Moreover, cross-area couplings were strongest and had the shortest delay preceding spatial decision-making. Our results suggest that generalized spatial coding in the medial prefrontal cortex is inherited from spatial representations in the hippocampus, and that the routing of information can change dynamically with behavioral demands. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory2021 eng 10.1101/2021.09.30.462269 Nardin, Michele, et al. “The Generalized Spatial Representation in the Prefrontal Cortex Is Inherited from the Hippocampus.” <i>BioRxiv</i>, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.30.462269">10.1101/2021.09.30.462269</a>. Nardin, Michele, Karola Käfer, and Jozsef L Csicsvari. “The Generalized Spatial Representation in the Prefrontal Cortex Is Inherited from the Hippocampus.” <i>BioRxiv</i>. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, n.d. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.30.462269">https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.30.462269</a>. M. Nardin, K. Käfer, J.L. Csicsvari, BioRxiv (n.d.). M. Nardin, K. Käfer, and J. L. Csicsvari, “The generalized spatial representation in the prefrontal cortex is inherited from the hippocampus,” <i>bioRxiv</i>. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Nardin M, Käfer K, Csicsvari JL. The generalized spatial representation in the prefrontal cortex is inherited from the hippocampus. bioRxiv, <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.30.462269">10.1101/2021.09.30.462269</a>. Nardin M, Käfer K, Csicsvari JL. The generalized spatial representation in the prefrontal cortex is inherited from the hippocampus. <i>bioRxiv</i>. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.30.462269">10.1101/2021.09.30.462269</a> Nardin, M., Käfer, K., &#38; Csicsvari, J. L. (n.d.). The generalized spatial representation in the prefrontal cortex is inherited from the hippocampus. <i>bioRxiv</i>. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.30.462269">https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.09.30.462269</a> 100802021-10-04T06:28:32Z2025-04-15T06:48:21Z