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Serotonergic neurons in the median raphe nucleus (MnRN) project to the hippocampus, and functional abnormalities have been reported. In the present study, we investigated the effects of the serotonin 5-HT4 receptor (5-HT4R) agonists prucalopride and velusetrag on the facilitation of memory extinction observed in PD mice. Both 5-HT4R agonists restored facilitation of contextual fear extinction in PD mice by stimulating the cAMP\/CREB pathway in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. A retrograde fluorogold-tracer study showed that \u03b3-aminobutyric acid-ergic (GABAergic) neurons in the reticular part of the substantia nigra (SNr), but not dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), projected to serotonergic neurons in the MnRN, which are known to project their nerve terminals to the hippocampus. It is possible that the degeneration of the SNpc DAergic neurons in PD mice affects the SNr GABAergic neurons, and thereafter, the serotonergic neurons in the MnRN, resulting in hippocampal dysfunction. 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