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在前额叶皮层的差异编码在认知任务中投射神经元类

Jan H Lui¹, Nghia D Nguyen², Sophie M Grutzner¹

¹Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

|December 18, 2020

概括

这项研究将小鼠前额叶皮层 (PFC) 神经元类型与他们的大脑目标以及他们在认知任务中如何处理信息联系起来. 不同的神经元类型在编码选择和奖励方面表现出不同的,但重叠的作用.

科学领域:

神经科学是一个神经科学.
分子生物学分子生物学
系统神经科学系统神经科学

背景情况:

单细胞转录组学分类哺乳动物大脑神经元.
系统神经科学传统上分析神经元编码,没有细胞类型特异性.
了解细胞类型特定的神经元功能对于大脑研究至关重要.

研究的目的:

研究小鼠前额叶皮层 (PFC) 投影神经元的转录细胞类型之间的关系,它们的轴突投影,以及它们在认知任务中的编码特性.
为了确定分子定义的神经元类型是否在行为中表现出不同的功能角色.

主要方法:

利用单细胞转录组学来分类PFC投射神经元类型.
追踪了已识别的神经元类型的轴突投影.
在自由移动的小鼠中,在两个替代选择任务中测量了特定神经元群体中的Ca2+活性.
具有异质类的分子均PFC→periaqueductal灰色 (PAG) 神经元的编码特性进行比较.

主要成果:

大多数PFC神经元类型投射到多个目标,大多数目标从多个类型接收了输入,PFC→PAG是例外.
所有检查的细胞类型都含有与任务相关的信号.
在指定的任务中,PFC→PAG神经元最强烈地编码了选择.
反侧PFC投射神经元在未启动的任务中最强烈地编码奖励环境.

结论:

神经元任务信号在不同的细胞类型中被冗余地组织起来.
特定的分子解剖神经元类型在编码与任务相关的信息时表现出定量偏差.
这凸显了整合分子和系统神经科学方法的重要性.

关键词:

细胞类型的亚特拉斯细胞类型的亚特拉斯认知行为任务任务任务.微型内镜Ca2+) 成像技术分子神经科学分子神经科学前额叶皮层前额叶皮层投影映射映射映射绘制系统神经科学神经科学转录性神经元类型的神经元类型.两个替代性的强制选择.

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