Noncanonical projections to the hippocampal CA3 regulate spatial learning and memory by modulating the feedforward hippocampal trisynaptic pathway

• Xiaoxiao Lin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

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• Michelle Amalraj,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1764-0795

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• Crisylle Blanton,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

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• Brenda Avila,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

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• Todd C. Holmes,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department Physiology & Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America, The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8152-8832

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• Douglas A. Nitz,

  Roles Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America, Department of Cognitive Science, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Xiangmin Xu

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: xiangmix@uci.edu

  Affiliations Department Anatomy & Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America, The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5828-1533

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