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Joshua H Jennings1, Dennis R Sparta, Alice M Stamatakis
1Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, USA.
焦虑和奖励处理共享大脑电路. 这项研究揭示了BNST与控制动机的VTA通路之间的对立,为治疗神经精神疾病提供了目标.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 行为神经科学 行为神经科学
- 电路设计 电路设计
背景情况:
- 焦虑和奖励功能障碍在成和抑郁中同时发生,这表明共享的神经基质.
- 扩展的杏仁体,特别是结节 (BNST) 的床核,通过向腹膜区域 (VTA) 的投射影响恐惧和奖励通路.
- BNST-VTA电路在动机中的确切功能连接和作用尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 研究基因识别的BNST投射神经元及其VTA目标之间的功能连接.
- 阐明这些BNST-VTA电路在调节动机状态和行为的作用.
主要方法:
- 在自由行为小鼠中记录和操纵遗传识别的发射VTA的BNST神经元.
- 道罗多普辛-2辅助电路映射用于识别VTA中的突触后目标.
- 在体内进行光刺激和抑制,以评估行为结果.
主要成果:
- 厌恶性刺激诱导了BNST-VTA神经元的异质激发;质神经元增加了活动,而GABAergic神经元减少了活动.
- BNST的谷氨酸和GABAergic预测主要针对非多巴胺基的VTA神经元.
- 激活BNST的谷氨基基射会导致厌恶性/焦虑性行为,而激活GABAergic射会产生奖励性/焦虑缓解效应.
结论:
- 与BNST对立的VTA电路双向调节奖励和厌恶的动机状态.
- 这个BNST-VTA电路作为调节适应不良行为的关键节点.
- 这些发现为理解和潜在地治疗涉及焦虑和奖励功能障碍的神经精神疾病提供了机制框架.
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