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Lazarini-Lopes W, Do Val-da Silva RA, da Silva-Júnior RMP, Cunha AOS, Garcia-Cairasco N. Cannabinoids in Audiogenic Seizures: From Neuronal Networks to Future Perspectives for Epilepsy Treatment. Front Behav Neurosci 2021; 15:611902. [PMID: 33643007 PMCID: PMC7904685 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.611902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Accepted: 01/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Cannabinoids and Cannabis-derived compounds have been receiving especial attention in the epilepsy research scenario. Pharmacological modulation of endocannabinoid system's components, like cannabinoid type 1 receptors (CB1R) and their bindings, are associated with seizures in preclinical models. CB1R expression and functionality were altered in humans and preclinical models of seizures. Additionally, Cannabis-derived compounds, like cannabidiol (CBD), present anticonvulsant activity in humans and in a great variety of animal models. Audiogenic seizures (AS) are induced in genetically susceptible animals by high-intensity sound stimulation. Audiogenic strains, like the Genetically Epilepsy Prone Rats, Wistar Audiogenic Rats, and Krushinsky-Molodkina, are useful tools to study epilepsy. In audiogenic susceptible animals, acute acoustic stimulation induces brainstem-dependent wild running and tonic-clonic seizures. However, during the chronic protocol of AS, the audiogenic kindling (AuK), limbic and cortical structures are recruited, and the initially brainstem-dependent seizures give rise to limbic seizures. The present study reviewed the effects of pharmacological modulation of the endocannabinoid system in audiogenic seizure susceptibility and expression. The effects of Cannabis-derived compounds in audiogenic seizures were also reviewed, with especial attention to CBD. CB1R activation, as well Cannabis-derived compounds, induced anticonvulsant effects against audiogenic seizures, but the effects of cannabinoids modulation and Cannabis-derived compounds still need to be verified in chronic audiogenic seizures. The effects of cannabinoids and Cannabis-derived compounds should be further investigated not only in audiogenic seizures, but also in epilepsy related comorbidities present in audiogenic strains, like anxiety, and depression.
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- Willian Lazarini-Lopes
- Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences Department, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Neurophysiology and Experimental Neuroethology Laboratory (LNNE), Physiology Department, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences Department, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Neurophysiology and Experimental Neuroethology Laboratory (LNNE), Physiology Department, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Physiology Department, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Neuroscience and Behavioral Sciences Department, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Neurophysiology and Experimental Neuroethology Laboratory (LNNE), Physiology Department, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.,Physiology Department, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Brunner C, Grillet M, Sans-Dublanc A, Farrow K, Lambert T, Macé E, Montaldo G, Urban A. A Platform for Brain-wide Volumetric Functional Ultrasound Imaging and Analysis of Circuit Dynamics in Awake Mice. Neuron 2020; 108:861-875.e7. [PMID: 33080230 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2020] [Revised: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Imaging large-scale circuit dynamics is crucial to understanding brain function, but most techniques have a limited depth of field. Here, we describe volumetric functional ultrasound imaging (vfUSI), a platform for brain-wide vfUSI of hemodynamic activity in awake head-fixed mice. We combined a high-frequency 1,024-channel 2D-array transducer with advanced multiplexing and high-performance computing for real-time 3D power Doppler imaging at a high spatiotemporal resolution (220 × 280 × 175 μm3, up to 6 Hz). We developed a standardized software pipeline for registration, segmentation, and temporal analysis in 268 individual brain regions based on the Allen Mouse Common Coordinate Framework. We demonstrated the high sensitivity of vfUSI under multiple experimental conditions, and we successfully imaged stimulus-evoked activity when only a few trials were averaged. We also mapped neural circuits in vivo across the whole brain during optogenetic activation of specific cell types. Moreover, we identified the sequential activation of sensory-motor networks during a grasping water-droplet task.
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- Clément Brunner
- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium; VIB, Leuven, Belgium; Imec, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium; VIB, Leuven, Belgium; Imec, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium; VIB, Leuven, Belgium; Imec, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium; VIB, Leuven, Belgium; Imec, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium; VIB, Leuven, Belgium; Imec, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Brain-Wide Circuits for Behavior Research Group, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried, Germany
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium; VIB, Leuven, Belgium; Imec, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neuro-Electronics Research Flanders, Leuven, Belgium; VIB, Leuven, Belgium; Imec, Leuven, Belgium; Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
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Müller-Ribeiro FC, Goodchild AK, McMullan S, Fontes MA, Dampney RA. Coordinated autonomic and respiratory responses evoked by alerting stimuli: Role of the midbrain colliculi. Respir Physiol Neurobiol 2016; 226:87-93. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2015.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2015] [Revised: 10/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/23/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Mokri Y, Worland K, Ford M, Rajan R. Effect of background noise on neuronal coding of interaural level difference cues in rat inferior colliculus. Eur J Neurosci 2015; 42:1685-704. [PMID: 25865218 PMCID: PMC4676293 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2014] [Revised: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 04/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Humans can accurately localize sounds even in unfavourable signal-to-noise conditions. To investigate the neural mechanisms underlying this, we studied the effect of background wide-band noise on neural sensitivity to variations in interaural level difference (ILD), the predominant cue for sound localization in azimuth for high-frequency sounds, at the characteristic frequency of cells in rat inferior colliculus (IC). Binaural noise at high levels generally resulted in suppression of responses (55.8%), but at lower levels resulted in enhancement (34.8%) as well as suppression (30.3%). When recording conditions permitted, we then examined if any binaural noise effects were related to selective noise effects at each of the two ears, which we interpreted in light of well-known differences in input type (excitation and inhibition) from each ear shaping particular forms of ILD sensitivity in the IC. At high signal-to-noise ratios (SNR), in most ILD functions (41%), the effect of background noise appeared to be due to effects on inputs from both ears, while for a large percentage (35.8%) appeared to be accounted for by effects on excitatory input. However, as SNR decreased, change in excitation became the dominant contributor to the change due to binaural background noise (63.6%). These novel findings shed light on the IC neural mechanisms for sound localization in the presence of continuous background noise. They also suggest that some effects of background noise on encoding of sound location reported to be emergent in upstream auditory areas can also be observed at the level of the midbrain.
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- Yasamin Mokri
- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Monash, Vic., 3800, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Monash, Vic., 3800, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Monash, Vic., 3800, Australia
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- Department of Physiology, Monash University, Monash, Vic., 3800, Australia.,Ear Sciences Institute of Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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Müller-Ribeiro FCF, Dampney RAL, McMullan S, Fontes MAP, Goodchild AK. Disinhibition of the midbrain colliculi unmasks coordinated autonomic, respiratory, and somatomotor responses to auditory and visual stimuli. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2014; 307:R1025-35. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00165.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The midbrain superior and inferior colliculi have critical roles in generating coordinated orienting or defensive behavioral responses to environmental stimuli, and it has been proposed that neurons within the colliculi can also generate appropriate cardiovascular and respiratory responses to support such behavioral responses. We have previously shown that activation of neurons within a circumscribed region in the deep layers of the superior colliculus and in the central and external nuclei of the inferior colliculus can evoke a response characterized by intense and highly synchronized bursts of renal sympathetic nerve activity and phrenic nerve activity. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that, under conditions in which collicular neurons are disinhibited, coordinated cardiovascular, somatomotor, and respiratory responses can be evoked by natural environmental stimuli. In response to natural auditory, visual, or somatosensory stimuli, powerful synchronized increases in sympathetic, respiratory, and somatomotor activity were generated following blockade of GABAA receptors in a specific region in the midbrain colliculi of anesthetized rats, but not under control conditions. Such responses still occurred after removal of most of the forebrain, including the amygdala and hypothalamus, indicating that the essential pathways mediating these coordinated responses were located within the brain stem. The temporal relationships between the different outputs suggest that they are driven by a common population of “command neurons” within the colliculi.
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- Flávia C. F. Müller-Ribeiro
- Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia; and
- Laboratório de Hipertensão, Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil; and
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- School of Medical Sciences (Physiology) and Bosch Institute, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia; and
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- Laboratório de Hipertensão, Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil; and
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- Australian School of Advanced Medicine, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia; and
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de Oliveira AR, Colombo AC, Muthuraju S, Almada RC, Brandão ML. Dopamine D2-like receptors modulate unconditioned fear: role of the inferior colliculus. PLoS One 2014; 9:e104228. [PMID: 25133693 PMCID: PMC4136794 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background A reduction of dopamine release or D2 receptor blockade in the terminal fields of the mesolimbic system clearly reduces conditioned fear. Injections of haloperidol, a preferential D2 receptor antagonist, into the inferior colliculus (IC) enhance the processing of unconditioned aversive information. However, a clear characterization of the interplay of D2 receptors in the mediation of unconditioned and conditioned fear is still lacking. Methods The present study investigated the effects of intra-IC injections of the D2 receptor-selective antagonist sulpiride on behavior in the elevated plus maze (EPM), auditory-evoked potentials (AEPs) to loud sounds recorded from the IC, fear-potentiated startle (FPS), and conditioned freezing. Results Intra-IC injections of sulpiride caused clear proaversive effects in the EPM and enhanced AEPs induced by loud auditory stimuli. Intra-IC sulpiride administration did not affect FPS or conditioned freezing. Conclusions Dopamine D2-like receptors of the inferior colliculus play a role in the modulation of unconditioned aversive information but not in the fear-potentiated startle response.
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- Amanda Ribeiro de Oliveira
- Laboratório de Neuropsicofarmacologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Instituto de Neurociências e Comportamento, INeC, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuropsicofarmacologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Instituto de Neurociências e Comportamento, INeC, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuropsicofarmacologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Instituto de Neurociências e Comportamento, INeC, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuropsicofarmacologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Instituto de Neurociências e Comportamento, INeC, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Neuropsicofarmacologia, FFCLRP, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
- Instituto de Neurociências e Comportamento, INeC, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil
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Stream-related preferences of inputs to the superior colliculus from areas of dorsal and ventral streams of mouse visual cortex. J Neurosci 2013; 33:1696-705. [PMID: 23345242 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.3067-12.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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Previous studies of intracortical connections in mouse visual cortex have revealed two subnetworks that resemble the dorsal and ventral streams in primates. Although calcium imaging studies have shown that many areas of the ventral stream have high spatial acuity whereas areas of the dorsal stream are highly sensitive for transient visual stimuli, there are some functional inconsistencies that challenge a simple grouping into "what/perception" and "where/action" streams known in primates. The superior colliculus (SC) is a major center for processing of multimodal sensory information and the motor control of orienting the eyes, head, and body. Visual processing is performed in superficial layers, whereas premotor activity is generated in deep layers of the SC. Because the SC is known to receive input from visual cortex, we asked whether the projections from 10 visual areas of the dorsal and ventral streams terminate in differential depth profiles within the SC. We found that inputs from primary visual cortex are by far the strongest. Projections from the ventral stream were substantially weaker, whereas the sparsest input originated from areas of the dorsal stream. Importantly, we found that ventral stream inputs terminated in superficial layers, whereas dorsal stream inputs tended to be patchy and either projected equally to superficial and deep layers or strongly preferred deep layers. The results suggest that the anatomically defined ventral and dorsal streams contain areas that belong to distinct functional systems, specialized for the processing of visual information and visually guided action, respectively.
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Iigaya K, Müller-Ribeiro FCDF, Horiuchi J, McDowall LM, Nalivaiko E, Fontes MAP, Dampney RAL. Synchronized activation of sympathetic vasomotor, cardiac, and respiratory outputs by neurons in the midbrain colliculi. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2012; 303:R599-610. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00205.2012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The superior and inferior colliculi are believed to generate immediate and highly coordinated defensive behavioral responses to threatening visual and auditory stimuli. Activation of neurons in the superior and inferior colliculi have been shown to evoke increases in cardiovascular and respiratory activity, which may be components of more generalized stereotyped behavioral responses. In this study, we examined the possibility that there are “command neurons” within the colliculi that can simultaneously drive sympathetic and respiratory outputs. In anesthetized rats, microinjections of bicuculline (a GABAA receptor antagonist) into sites within a circumscribed region in the deep layers of the superior colliculus and in the central and external nuclei of the inferior colliculus evoked a response characterized by intense and highly synchronized bursts of renal sympathetic nerve activity (RSNA) and phrenic nerve activity (PNA). Each burst of RSNA had a duration of ∼300–400 ms and occurred slightly later (peak to peak latency of 41 ± 8 ms) than the corresponding burst of PNA. The bursts of RSNA and PNA were also accompanied by transient increases in arterial pressure and, in most cases, heart rate. Synchronized bursts of RSNA and PNA were also evoked after neuromuscular blockade, artificial ventilation, and vagotomy and so were not dependent on afferent feedback from the lungs. We propose that the synchronized sympathetic-respiratory responses are driven by a common population of neurons, which may normally be activated by an acute threatening stimulus.
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- Kamon Iigaya
- School of Medical Sciences (Physiology) and Bosch Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, Australia
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- School of Medical Sciences (Physiology) and Bosch Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, Australia
- Laboratório de Hipertensão, Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- School of Medical Sciences (Physiology) and Bosch Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, Australia
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Toyo University, Saitama, Japan; and
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- School of Medical Sciences (Physiology) and Bosch Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia
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- Laboratório de Hipertensão, Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- School of Medical Sciences (Physiology) and Bosch Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Sydney, Australia
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Pai S, Erlich JC, Kopec C, Brody CD. Minimal impairment in a rat model of duration discrimination following excitotoxic lesions of primary auditory and prefrontal cortices. Front Syst Neurosci 2011; 5:74. [PMID: 21991246 PMCID: PMC3180561 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2011.00074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Accepted: 08/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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We present a behavioral paradigm for the study of duration perception in the rat, and report the result of neurotoxic lesions that have the goal of identifying sites that mediate duration perception. Using a two-alternative forced-choice paradigm, rats were either trained to discriminate durations of pure tones (range = [200,500] ms; boundary = 316 ms; Weber fraction after training = 0.24 ± 0.04), or were trained to discriminate frequencies of pure tones (range = [8,16] kHz; boundary = 11.3 kHz; Weber = 0.16 ± 0.11); the latter task is a control for non-timing-specific aspects of the former. Both groups discriminate the same class of sensory stimuli, use the same motions to indicate decisions, have identical trial structures, and are trained to psychophysical threshold; the tasks are thus matched in a number of sensorimotor and cognitive demands. We made neurotoxic lesions of candidate timing-perception areas in the cerebral cortex of both groups. Following extensive bilateral lesions of the auditory cortex, the performance of the frequency discrimination group was significantly more impaired than that of the duration discrimination group. We also found that extensive bilateral lesions of the medial prefrontal cortex resulted in little to no impairment of both groups. The behavioral framework presented here provides an audition-based approach to study the neural mechanisms of time estimation and memory for durations.
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- Shraddha Pai
- Watson School of Biological Sciences, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA
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Mundiñano IC, Martínez-Millán L. Somatosensory cross-modal plasticity in the superior colliculus of visually deafferented rats. Neuroscience 2009; 165:1457-70. [PMID: 19932888 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2009] [Revised: 11/13/2009] [Accepted: 11/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The effects of neonatal visual deafferentation on the final adult pattern of cortico-collicular connections from the rat primary somatosensory cortex barrel field were studied by injecting an anterograde tracer (BDA) into different locations of the barrel cortex. Collicular afferents originating in the barrel cortex normally end in the intermediate collicular strata (SGI and SAI). However, neonatal visual deafferentation caused an invasion of abundant somatosensory cortical afferents into the lateral portions of the superficial collicular strata (SGS and SO). Moreover, anterograde-labelled fibers in the intermediate strata were more densely packed in visually deafferented animals. In order to study the activity of the altered somatosensory cortico-collicular connection, the effects of two different types of whisker stimuli on c-fos expression in the SC were analyzed (apomorphine treatment and enriched environment exploration). In stimulated control animals, c-fos expression was clearly evident in neurons of the intermediate layers 2 h after whisker stimulation. Similar stimulation in adult animals that underwent neonatal visual deafferentation triggered higher levels of c-fos expression in the superficial collicular layers that were invaded by cortico-collicular axonal branches. In exploration experiments, increased levels of c-fos expression were also detected in lateral parts of the intermediate layers of visually deafferented animals. These results suggest that the ascending fibers of somatosensory cortical origin can recruit deafferented superficial collicular neurons that enabling them to participate in extravisual behavioural responses mediated by collicular circuits.
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- I C Mundiñano
- Laboratory of Regenerative Therapy, Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Division, Centre for Applied Medical Research, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
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Doretto MC, Cortes-de-Oliveira JA, Rossetti F, Garcia-Cairasco N. Role of the superior colliculus in the expression of acute and kindled audiogenic seizures in Wistar audiogenic rats. Epilepsia 2009; 50:2563-74. [PMID: 19490050 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02164.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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PURPOSE The role of the superior colliculus (SC) in seizure expression is controversial and appears to be dependent upon the epilepsy model. This study shows the effect of disconnection between SC deep layers and adjacent tissues in the expression of acute and kindling seizures. METHODS Subcollicular transections, ablation of SC superficial and deep layers, and ablation of only the cerebral cortex were evaluated in the Wistar audiogenic rat (WAR) strain during acute and kindled audiogenic seizures. The audiogenic seizure kindling protocol started 4 days after surgeries, with two acoustic stimuli per day for 10 days. Acute audiogenic seizures were evaluated by a categorized seizure severity midbrain index (cSI) and kindled seizures by a severity limbic index (LI). RESULTS All subcollicular transections reaching the deep layers of the SC abolished audiogenic seizures or significantly decreased cSI. In the unlesioned kindled group, a reciprocal relationship between limbic and brainstem pattern of seizures was seen. The increased number of stimuli provoked an audiogenic kindling phenomenon. Ablation of the entire SC (ablation group) or of the cerebral cortex only (ctx-operated group) hampered the acquisition of limbic behaviors. There was no difference in cSI and LI between the ctx-operated and ablation groups, but there was a difference between ctx-operated and the unlesioned kindled group. There was also no difference in cSI between SC deep layer transection and ablation groups. Results of histologic analyses were similar for acute and kindled audiogenic seizure groups. CONCLUSIONS SC deep layers are involved in the expression of acute and kindled audiogenic seizure, and the cerebral cortex is essential for audiogenic kindling development.
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- Maria C Doretto
- Physiology Department, Ribeirão Preto School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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Reprint of “frequency tuning and firing pattern properties of auditory thalamic neurons: An in vivo intracellular recording from the guinea pig” [Neuroscience 151 (2008) 293–302]☆. Neuroscience 2008; 154:273-82. [DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(08)00741-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/04/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Frequency tuning and firing pattern properties of auditory thalamic neurons: An in vivo intracellular recording from the guinea pig. Neuroscience 2008; 151:293-302. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.09.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2007] [Revised: 08/30/2007] [Accepted: 11/07/2007] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A synthesis of cat auditory cortex (AC) organization is presented in which the extrinsic and intrinsic connections interact to derive a unified profile of the auditory stream and use it to direct and modify cortical and subcortical information flow. Thus, the thalamocortical input provides essential sensory information about peripheral stimulus events, which AC redirects locally for feature extraction, and then conveys to parallel auditory, multisensory, premotor, limbic, and cognitive centers for further analysis. The corticofugal output influences areas as remote as the pons and the cochlear nucleus, structures whose effects upon AC are entirely indirect, and it has diverse roles in the transmission of information through the medial geniculate body and inferior colliculus. The distributed AC is thus construed as a functional network in which the auditory percept is assembled for subsequent redistribution in sensory, premotor, and cognitive streams contingent on the derived interpretation of the acoustic events. The confluence of auditory and multisensory streams likely precedes cognitive processing of sound. The distributed AC constitutes the largest and arguably the most complete representation of the auditory world. Many facets of this scheme may apply in rodent and primate AC as well. We propose that the distributed auditory cortex contributes to local processing regimes in regions as disparate as the frontal pole and the cochlear nucleus to construct the acoustic percept.
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- Jeffery A Winer
- Division of Neurobiology, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Life Sciences Addition, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3200, USA.
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