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

TITLE=VGLUT2 Functions as a Differential Marker for Hippocampal Output Neurons

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

VOLUME=12

YEAR=2018

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cellular-neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fncel.2018.00337

DOI=10.3389/fncel.2018.00337

ISSN=1662-5102

ABSTRACT=<p>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.</p>