Hippocampus Features Recent Research from Scharfman Lab
Research from Helen Scharfman and Scharfman lab Members recently appearing the January 25, 2025 edition of Hippocampus. The paper, titled “Field EPSPs of Dentate Gyrus Granule Cells Studied by Selective Optogenetic Activation of Hilar Mossy Cells in Hippocampal Slices,” describes methods to selectively activate Mossy Cell axons in the inner molecular layer using mice with Cre recombinase expressed in Mossy Cells.