Nicola Masala

Reward-tethered place cells support flexible magnitude coding and remapping in the hippocampus

The paper shows that reward-tethered place cells in the hippocampus adjust their activity when reward magnitude changes, enabling flexible coding and remapping while preserving spatial maps.

Aberrant hippocampal Ca2+ micro-waves following synapsin-dependent adeno-associated viral expression of Ca2+ indicators

The paper reports that common AAV transduction procedures can induce artefactual Ca2+ micro-waves in the hippocampus and provides an alternative method to avoid this issue.

An astrocytic signaling loop for frequency-dependent control of dendritic integration and spatial learning

The paper shows that astrocytic signaling via endocannabinoid receptors modulates dendritic integration in hippocampal pyramidal cells, enhancing spatial learning through frequency-dependent feedback.

Targeting aberrant dendritic integration to treat cognitive comorbidities of epilepsy

The paper identifies a Na+ channel-dependent mechanism in hippocampal dendrites that contributes to spatial memory deficits in epilepsy and shows that targeting Nav1.3 channels can reverse these deficits.

Dentate gyrus population activity during immobility supports formation of precise memories

The paper shows that dentate gyrus activity during immobility generates structured population patterns that are necessary for forming spatial memories.