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Un circuito desde el CA2 del hipocampo al tabique lateral desinhibe la agresión social

Felix Leroy¹, Jung Park², Arun Asok²

¹Department of Neuroscience, The Kavli Institute for Brain Science, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. felxfel@aol.com.

|December 7, 2018

Resumen

Las neuronas piramidales en la región CA2 del hipocampo promueven la agresión social. Esta vía involucra el tabique lateral y la arginina vasopresina, influyendo en los comportamientos motivados.

Área de la Ciencia:

La neurociencia
Neurociencia del comportamiento
Neurobiología

Sus antecedentes:

El hipocampo es crucial para la memoria declarativa.
Su papel en la regulación de comportamientos motivados, como la agresión social, es menos entendido.

Objetivo del estudio:

Investigar el papel de la salida de la región CA2 del hipocampo en la promoción de la agresión social.
Para aclarar los circuitos neuronales y los mecanismos moleculares que subyacen a este comportamiento.

Principales métodos:

Registros electrofisiológicos en ratones.
Manipulaciones optogenéticas y quimiogenéticas de los circuitos neuronales.
Pruebas de comportamiento para la agresión social.
Intervenciones farmacológicas dirigidas a los receptores de la arginina vasopresina.

Principales resultados:

Las neuronas piramidal CA2 del hipocampo promueven la agresión social en ratones.
La salida de CA2 al tabique lateral se incrementa antes de los ataques.
Esta vía desinhibe el hipotálamo ventromedial para desencadenar la agresión.
La arginina vasopresina mejora la agresión al facilitar la transmisión sináptica de CA2 en el tabique lateral.

Conclusiones:

El circuito CA2 del hipocampo al tabique lateral es crítico para la agresión social.
La arginina vasopresina modula este circuito, vinculando el estado interno con el comportamiento motivado.
Este mecanismo integra la memoria social y la agresión, controlada por los estados internos.

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