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In Vivo Wireless Optogenetic Control of Skilled Motor Behavior
Published on: November 22, 2021
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ストレイタル間接経路は,コリキュラー競争による探査を媒介する.
Jaeeon Lee1, Bernardo L Sabatini2
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Nature
|November 4, 2021
まとめ
線状突起神経細胞 (iSPNs) は,上部のコリキュル (SC) を調節することによって,基礎状の制御作用の選択を行う. この回路メカニズムは,望ましくない行動を抑制し,意思決定中に探査を促進するために不可欠です.
科学分野:
- 神経科学
- 意思決定
- モーター コントロール
背景:
- 最適な意思決定には,ネガティブな結果をもたらす行動を抑制し,代替案を探求する必要があります.
- ベースリンゴは行動選択と探索に関与しているが,その背後にある回路メカニズムは不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- 行動選択と探索に寄与する間接的線状投影ニューロン (iSPNs) の回路メカニズムを解明する.
- これらの基礎臓機能の仲介における上部臓 (SC) の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- ネズミのモデルで横向きにする作業を活用した.
- オプトジェネティクスを使って iSPNを活性化・無活性化します
- 側上コリキュル (lSC) の神経活動が記録された.
主要な成果:
- iSPNの活性化により,逆転性が抑制され,逆転性が促進され,逆転性と逆転性の活性が差異的に調節された.
- オプトジェネティックなiSPNの不活性化により,減価反応の抑制と探索性が減少した.
- ISPNsが逆側ISCを無効化して を誘発する 相互競争的なメカニズムを明らかにした
結論:
- iSPNは,上部のコリキュル半球間の競争的な相互作用を利用して,運動行動を誘発します.
- この研究は,ベースガンリアと上部のコリキュルによって仲介されるアクション選択の際に探求するための一般的な回路メカニズムを提案しています.
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