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In Vivo Wireless Optogenetic Control of Skilled Motor Behavior
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脳の幹回路内の様々な前肢の動作のための機能マップ
Ludwig Ruder1,2, Riccardo Schina1,2, Harsh Kanodia1,2
1Biozentrum, Department of Cell Biology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
Nature
|January 7, 2021
まとめ
研究者は前肢の 熟練した動きのための 脳幹回路をマッピングしました 横側ロストラルメドウ (latRM) の特定のニューロンの集団は 食物に手を伸ばしたり 触ったりといった行動を制御し 運動制御に関する新しい洞察を明らかにしています
科学分野:
- 神経科学
- モーター コントロール
- 脳幹回路
背景:
- 脳幹は身体の動きを 制御するのに不可欠です
- 前肢の熟練した動きの神経制御の理解は限られており,脳の上部と脊髄に焦点を当てています.
研究 の 目的:
- 脳幹の横側ロストラルメドウ (latRM) 内での熟練した前肢運動の機能マップを定義する.
- 複雑な前肢の行動に 責任を負う特定のニューロンの集団と回路を特定する.
主な方法:
- 自由に動くマウスの体内の電気生理学
- 遺伝子操作とウイルスの追跡技術
- ニューロン集団の光遺伝的刺激
主要な成果:
- 異なる前肢の行動 (例えば,到達,食品の取り扱い) に調整されたlatRM集団のニューロンのコードを特定した.
- 刺激性LATRMニューロンの乱れがこれらの作用を阻害した.
- 刺激性ラットRMニューロンは軸索標的によって分離し,脳幹と脊髄回路を差異的に採用する.
- 投影で定義されたlatRM集団の光遺伝的刺激は,多様で安定した前肢の動きを誘発した.
結論:
- latRMのプロジェクション分層化された脳幹集団は,アクションフェーズをエンコードする.
- これらの集団は複雑な前肢の動きを 制御する構成要素として機能します
- 前肢のスキルのための 脳の幹の基質を特定した
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