ArticleNature communications2026
A circuit linking dentate gyrus and retrosplenial granular cortex regulates fracture healing in male mice.
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Abstract
Traumatic brain injury often accelerates fracture repair, but the neural circuits linking brain state to bone healing remain unclear. Here we show that, in male mice, a hippocampal-cortical circuit linking the dentate gyrus (DG) and the retrosplenial granular cortex (RSGc) regulates repair after bone injury. Skeletal injury increased activity-associated labeling in both regions. Inhibiting excitatory neurons in the DG or RSGc, or suppressing neuronal populations associated with the DG-RSGc pathway, accelerated repair, whereas activating DG or RSGc excitatory neurons delayed healing. RSGc activation counteracted the pro-healing effect of DG inhibition, supporting DG-RSGc circuit dependence under the tested conditions. Inhibitory circuit manipulations were associated with increased circulating neuropeptide Y, macrophage IDO1 induction at the repair site, and elevated L-kynurenine, which promoted osteogenic differentiation. Pharmacological blockade and rescue experiments support an NPY-IDO1-kynurenine effector arm linking central circuit state to peripheral bone repair.
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