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Vogler NW, Chen R, Virkler A, Tu VY, Gottfried JA, Geffen MN. Direct piriform-to-auditory cortical projections shape auditory-olfactory integration. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.07.11.602976. [PMID: 39071445 PMCID: PMC11275881 DOI: 10.1101/2024.07.11.602976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/30/2024]
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In a real-world environment, the brain must integrate information from multiple sensory modalities, including the auditory and olfactory systems. However, little is known about the neuronal circuits governing how odors influence and modulate sound processing. Here, we investigated the mechanisms underlying auditory-olfactory integration using anatomical, electrophysiological, and optogenetic approaches, focusing on the auditory cortex as a key locus for cross-modal integration. First, retrograde and anterograde viral tracing strategies revealed a direct projection from the piriform cortex to the auditory cortex. Next, using in vivo electrophysiological recordings of neuronal activity in the auditory cortex of awake mice, we found that odor stimuli modulate auditory cortical responses to sound. Finally, we used in vivo optogenetic manipulations during electrophysiology to demonstrate that olfactory modulation in auditory cortex, specifically, odor-driven enhancement of sound responses, depends on direct input from the piriform cortex. Together, our results identify a novel cortical circuit shaping olfactory modulation in the auditory cortex, shedding new light on the neuronal mechanisms underlying auditory-olfactory integration.
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- Nathan W. Vogler
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
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Beach SD, Tang DL, Kiran S, Niziolek CA. Pars Opercularis Underlies Efferent Predictions and Successful Auditory Feedback Processing in Speech: Evidence From Left-Hemisphere Stroke. NEUROBIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE (CAMBRIDGE, MASS.) 2024; 5:454-483. [PMID: 38911464 PMCID: PMC11192514 DOI: 10.1162/nol_a_00139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024]
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Hearing one's own speech allows for acoustic self-monitoring in real time. Left-hemisphere motor planning regions are thought to give rise to efferent predictions that can be compared to true feedback in sensory cortices, resulting in neural suppression commensurate with the degree of overlap between predicted and actual sensations. Sensory prediction errors thus serve as a possible mechanism of detection of deviant speech sounds, which can then feed back into corrective action, allowing for online control of speech acoustics. The goal of this study was to assess the integrity of this detection-correction circuit in persons with aphasia (PWA) whose left-hemisphere lesions may limit their ability to control variability in speech output. We recorded magnetoencephalography (MEG) while 15 PWA and age-matched controls spoke monosyllabic words and listened to playback of their utterances. From this, we measured speaking-induced suppression of the M100 neural response and related it to lesion profiles and speech behavior. Both speaking-induced suppression and cortical sensitivity to deviance were preserved at the group level in PWA. PWA with more spared tissue in pars opercularis had greater left-hemisphere neural suppression and greater behavioral correction of acoustically deviant pronunciations, whereas sparing of superior temporal gyrus was not related to neural suppression or acoustic behavior. In turn, PWA who made greater corrections had fewer overt speech errors in the MEG task. Thus, the motor planning regions that generate the efferent prediction are integral to performing corrections when that prediction is violated.
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- Waisman Center, The University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Academic Unit of Human Communication, Development, and Information Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China
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- Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, Boston University
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- Waisman Center, The University of Wisconsin–Madison
- Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, The University of Wisconsin–Madison
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Oude Lohuis MN, Marchesi P, Olcese U, Pennartz CMA. Triple dissociation of visual, auditory and motor processing in mouse primary visual cortex. Nat Neurosci 2024; 27:758-771. [PMID: 38307971 DOI: 10.1038/s41593-023-01564-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2024]
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Primary sensory cortices respond to crossmodal stimuli-for example, auditory responses are found in primary visual cortex (V1). However, it remains unclear whether these responses reflect sensory inputs or behavioral modulation through sound-evoked body movement. We address this controversy by showing that sound-evoked activity in V1 of awake mice can be dissociated into auditory and behavioral components with distinct spatiotemporal profiles. The auditory component began at approximately 27 ms, was found in superficial and deep layers and originated from auditory cortex. Sound-evoked orofacial movements correlated with V1 neural activity starting at approximately 80-100 ms and explained auditory frequency tuning. Visual, auditory and motor activity were expressed by different laminar profiles and largely segregated subsets of neuronal populations. During simultaneous audiovisual stimulation, visual representations remained dissociable from auditory-related and motor-related activity. This three-fold dissociability of auditory, motor and visual processing is central to understanding how distinct inputs to visual cortex interact to support vision.
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- Matthijs N Oude Lohuis
- Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Research Priority Area Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Research Priority Area Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Research Priority Area Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience Group, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Research Priority Area Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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Huang Y, Brosch M. Absence of eye position effects in the early auditory cortex of monkeys. Neuroreport 2024; 35:209-215. [PMID: 38251450 DOI: 10.1097/wnr.0000000000001985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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This study aims to investigate whether the position of the eyes affects the neuronal activity in auditory cortex in a condition in which not the active control of eye position but the execution of hand movements was required relative to stimuli. Two monkeys were trained to perform audio-visual tasks in which they had to use their hand to respond to both the visual and the auditory stimuli to earn a reward. We recorded the spiking activity and the local field potentials from the core fields of auditory cortex, along with the eye position of the monkeys while they performed the tasks. We found that both the spiking activity and the local field potentials did not significantly vary with the eye position. This was the case both during the presentation of sounds and during other periods of the tasks. Our results indicate that eye position did not affect the neuronal activity in auditory cortex during the audio-visual tasks. Our results, together with the previous finding that eye position affects the neuronal activity in auditory cortex during eye fixation tasks, suggest that the presence of eye position effects in auditory cortex depends on the specific behavior a subject has to exhibit to obtain a reward.
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- Ying Huang
- Research Group Comparative Neuroscience, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
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- Research Group Comparative Neuroscience, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Alemi R, Wolfe J, Neumann S, Manning J, Towler W, Koirala N, Gracco VL, Deroche M. Audiovisual integration in children with cochlear implants revealed through EEG and fNIRS. Brain Res Bull 2023; 205:110817. [PMID: 37989460 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2023.110817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 11/13/2023] [Indexed: 11/23/2023]
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Sensory deprivation can offset the balance of audio versus visual information in multimodal processing. Such a phenomenon could persist for children born deaf, even after they receive cochlear implants (CIs), and could potentially explain why one modality is given priority over the other. Here, we recorded cortical responses to a single speaker uttering two syllables, presented in audio-only (A), visual-only (V), and audio-visual (AV) modes. Electroencephalography (EEG) and functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) were successively recorded in seventy-five school-aged children. Twenty-five were children with normal hearing (NH) and fifty wore CIs, among whom 26 had relatively high language abilities (HL) comparable to those of NH children, while 24 others had low language abilities (LL). In EEG data, visual-evoked potentials were captured in occipital regions, in response to V and AV stimuli, and they were accentuated in the HL group compared to the LL group (the NH group being intermediate). Close to the vertex, auditory-evoked potentials were captured in response to A and AV stimuli and reflected a differential treatment of the two syllables but only in the NH group. None of the EEG metrics revealed any interaction between group and modality. In fNIRS data, each modality induced a corresponding activity in visual or auditory regions, but no group difference was observed in A, V, or AV stimulation. The present study did not reveal any sign of abnormal AV integration in children with CI. An efficient multimodal integrative network (at least for rudimentary speech materials) is clearly not a sufficient condition to exhibit good language and literacy.
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- Razieh Alemi
- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada.
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- Oberkotter Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Hearts for Hearing Foundation, 11500 Portland Av., Oklahoma City, OK 73120, USA
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- Hearts for Hearing Foundation, 11500 Portland Av., Oklahoma City, OK 73120, USA
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- Hearts for Hearing Foundation, 11500 Portland Av., Oklahoma City, OK 73120, USA
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- Haskins Laboratories, 300 George St., New Haven, CT 06511, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada
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Salgado-Puga K, Rothschild G. Exposure to sounds during sleep impairs hippocampal sharp wave ripples and memory consolidation. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.11.22.568283. [PMID: 38045371 PMCID: PMC10690295 DOI: 10.1101/2023.11.22.568283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Sleep is critical for the consolidation of recent experiences into long-term memories. As a key underlying neuronal mechanism, hippocampal sharp-wave ripples (SWRs) occurring during sleep define periods of hippocampal reactivation of recent experiences and have been causally linked with memory consolidation. Hippocampal SWR-dependent memory consolidation during sleep is often referred to as occurring during an "offline" state, dedicated to processing internally generated neural activity patterns rather than external stimuli. However, the brain is not fully disconnected from the environment during sleep. In particular, sounds heard during sleep are processed by a highly active auditory system which projects to brain regions in the medial temporal lobe, reflecting an anatomical pathway for sound modulation of hippocampal activity. While neural processing of salient sounds during sleep, such as those of a predator or an offspring, is evolutionarily adaptive, whether ongoing processing of environmental sounds during sleep interferes with SWR-dependent memory consolidation remains unknown. To address this question, we used a closed-loop system to deliver non-waking sound stimuli during or following SWRs in sleeping rats. We found that exposure to sounds during sleep suppressed the ripple power and reduced the rate of SWRs. Furthermore, sounds delivered during SWRs (On-SWR) suppressed ripple power significantly more than sounds delivered 2 seconds after SWRs (Off-SWR). Next, we tested the influence of sound presentation during sleep on memory consolidation. To this end, SWR-triggered sounds were applied during sleep sessions following learning of a conditioned place preference paradigm, in which rats learned a place-reward association. We found that On-SWR sound pairing during post-learning sleep induced a complete abolishment of memory retention 24 h following learning, while leaving memory retention immediately following sleep intact. In contrast, Off-SWR pairing weakened memory 24 h following learning as well as immediately following learning. Notably, On-SWR pairing induced a significantly larger impairment in memory 24 h after learning as compared to Off-SWR pairing. Together, these findings suggest that sounds heard during sleep suppress SWRs and memory consolidation, and that the magnitude of these effects are dependent on sound-SWR timing. These results suggest that exposure to environmental sounds during sleep may pose a risk for memory consolidation processes.
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Ying R, Hamlette L, Nikoobakht L, Balaji R, Miko N, Caras ML. Organization of orbitofrontal-auditory pathways in the Mongolian gerbil. J Comp Neurol 2023; 531:1459-1481. [PMID: 37477903 PMCID: PMC10529810 DOI: 10.1002/cne.25525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/11/2023] [Accepted: 06/26/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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Sound perception is highly malleable, rapidly adjusting to the acoustic environment and behavioral demands. This flexibility is the result of ongoing changes in auditory cortical activity driven by fluctuations in attention, arousal, or prior expectations. Recent work suggests that the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) may mediate some of these rapid changes, but the anatomical connections between the OFC and the auditory system are not well characterized. Here, we used virally mediated fluorescent tracers to map the projection from OFC to the auditory midbrain, thalamus, and cortex in a classic animal model for auditory research, the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). We observed no connectivity between the OFC and the auditory midbrain, and an extremely sparse connection between the dorsolateral OFC and higher order auditory thalamic regions. In contrast, we observed a robust connection between the ventral and medial subdivisions of the OFC and the auditory cortex, with a clear bias for secondary auditory cortical regions. OFC axon terminals were found in all auditory cortical lamina but were significantly more concentrated in the infragranular layers. Tissue-clearing and lightsheet microscopy further revealed that auditory cortical-projecting OFC neurons send extensive axon collaterals throughout the brain, targeting both sensory and non-sensory regions involved in learning, decision-making, and memory. These findings provide a more detailed map of orbitofrontal-auditory connections and shed light on the possible role of the OFC in supporting auditory cognition.
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- Rose Ying
- Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
- Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
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- Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
- Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742
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Paraouty N, Yao JD, Varnet L, Chou CN, Chung S, Sanes DH. Sensory cortex plasticity supports auditory social learning. Nat Commun 2023; 14:5828. [PMID: 37730696 PMCID: PMC10511464 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41641-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Accepted: 09/11/2023] [Indexed: 09/22/2023] Open
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Social learning (SL) through experience with conspecifics can facilitate the acquisition of many behaviors. Thus, when Mongolian gerbils are exposed to a demonstrator performing an auditory discrimination task, their subsequent task acquisition is facilitated, even in the absence of visual cues. Here, we show that transient inactivation of auditory cortex (AC) during exposure caused a significant delay in task acquisition during the subsequent practice phase, suggesting that AC activity is necessary for SL. Moreover, social exposure induced an improvement in AC neuron sensitivity to auditory task cues. The magnitude of neural change during exposure correlated with task acquisition during practice. In contrast, exposure to only auditory task cues led to poorer neurometric and behavioral outcomes. Finally, social information during exposure was encoded in the AC of observer animals. Together, our results suggest that auditory SL is supported by AC neuron plasticity occurring during social exposure and prior to behavioral performance.
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- Nihaad Paraouty
- Center for Neural Science New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA.
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 08901, USA
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- Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs, UMR 8248, Ecole Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Paris, 75005, France
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- Center for Computational Neuroscience, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation, New York, NY, USA
- School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Center for Neural Science New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA
- Center for Computational Neuroscience, Flatiron Institute, Simons Foundation, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Neural Science New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA
- Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA
- Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY, 10003, USA
- Neuroscience Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, 10003, USA
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Mimica B, Tombaz T, Battistin C, Fuglstad JG, Dunn BA, Whitlock JR. Behavioral decomposition reveals rich encoding structure employed across neocortex in rats. Nat Commun 2023; 14:3947. [PMID: 37402724 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39520-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/16/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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The cortical population code is pervaded by activity patterns evoked by movement, but it remains largely unknown how such signals relate to natural behavior or how they might support processing in sensory cortices where they have been observed. To address this we compared high-density neural recordings across four cortical regions (visual, auditory, somatosensory, motor) in relation to sensory modulation, posture, movement, and ethograms of freely foraging male rats. Momentary actions, such as rearing or turning, were represented ubiquitously and could be decoded from all sampled structures. However, more elementary and continuous features, such as pose and movement, followed region-specific organization, with neurons in visual and auditory cortices preferentially encoding mutually distinct head-orienting features in world-referenced coordinates, and somatosensory and motor cortices principally encoding the trunk and head in egocentric coordinates. The tuning properties of synaptically coupled cells also exhibited connection patterns suggestive of area-specific uses of pose and movement signals, particularly in visual and auditory regions. Together, our results indicate that ongoing behavior is encoded at multiple levels throughout the dorsal cortex, and that low-level features are differentially utilized by different regions to serve locally relevant computations.
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- Bartul Mimica
- Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, 100190, NJ, USA.
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres Gate 9, 7030, Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres Gate 9, 7030, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres Gate 9, 7030, Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres Gate 9, 7030, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Mathematical Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 7491, Trondheim, Norway
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- Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Olav Kyrres Gate 9, 7030, Trondheim, Norway.
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Huang JK, Yin B. Phylogenic evolution of beat perception and synchronization: a comparative neuroscience perspective. Front Syst Neurosci 2023; 17:1169918. [PMID: 37325439 PMCID: PMC10264645 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2023.1169918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Accepted: 05/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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The study of music has long been of interest to researchers from various disciplines. Scholars have put forth numerous hypotheses regarding the evolution of music. With the rise of cross-species research on music cognition, researchers hope to gain a deeper understanding of the phylogenic evolution, behavioral manifestation, and physiological limitations of the biological ability behind music, known as musicality. This paper presents the progress of beat perception and synchronization (BPS) research in cross-species settings and offers varying views on the relevant hypothesis of BPS. The BPS ability observed in rats and other mammals as well as recent neurobiological findings presents a significant challenge to the vocal learning and rhythm synchronization hypothesis if taken literally. An integrative neural-circuit model of BPS is proposed to accommodate the findings. In future research, it is recommended that greater consideration be given to the social attributes of musicality and to the behavioral and physiological changes that occur across different species in response to music characteristics.
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- Jin-Kun Huang
- Laboratory for Learning and Behavioral Sciences, School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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- Laboratory for Learning and Behavioral Sciences, School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
- Department of Applied Psychology, School of Psychology, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian, China
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Paciello F, Pisani A, Rinaudo M, Cocco S, Paludetti G, Fetoni AR, Grassi C. Noise-induced auditory damage affects hippocampus causing memory deficits in a model of early age-related hearing loss. Neurobiol Dis 2023; 178:106024. [PMID: 36724860 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2023.106024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 01/26/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Several studies identified noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) as a risk factor for sensory aging and cognitive decline processes, including neurodegenerative diseases, such as dementia and age-related hearing loss (ARHL). Although the association between noise- and age-induced hearing impairment has been widely documented by epidemiological and experimental studies, the molecular mechanisms underlying this association are not fully understood as it is not known how these risk factors (aging and noise) can interact, affecting memory processes. We recently found that early noise exposure in an established animal model of ARHL (C57BL/6 mice) accelerates the onset of age-related cochlear dysfunctions. Here, we extended our previous data by investigating what happens in central brain structures (auditory cortex and hippocampus), to assess the relationship between hearing and memory impairment and the possible combined effect of noise and sensory aging on the cognitive domain. To this aim, we exposed juvenile C57BL/6 mice of 2 months of age to repeated noise sessions (60 min/day, pure tone of 100 dB SPL, 10 kHz, 10 consecutive days) and we monitored auditory threshold by measuring auditory brainstem responses (ABR), spatial working memory, by using the Y-maze test, and basal synaptic transmission by using ex vivo electrophysiological recordings, at different time points (1, 4 and 7 months after the onset of noise exposure, corresponding to 3, 6 and 9 months of age). We found that hearing loss, along with accelerated presbycusis onset, can induce persistent synaptic alterations in the auditory cortex. This was associated with decreased memory performance and oxidative-inflammatory injury in the hippocampus, the extra-auditory structure involved in memory processes. Collectively, our data confirm the critical relationship between auditory and memory circuits, suggesting that the combined detrimental effect of noise and sensory aging on hearing function can be considered a high-risk factor for both sensory and cognitive degenerative processes, given that early noise exposure accelerates presbycusis phenotype and induces hippocampal-dependent memory dysfunctions.
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- Fabiola Paciello
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy
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- Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Unit of Audiology, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Roma, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Roma, Italy
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Wu T, Li S, Du D, Li R, Liu P, Yin Z, Zhang H, Qiao Y, Li A. Olfactory-auditory sensory integration in the lateral entorhinal cortex. Prog Neurobiol 2023; 221:102399. [PMID: 36581184 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2022.102399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 12/02/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Multisensory integration plays an important role in animal cognition. Although many studies have focused on visual-auditory integration, studies on olfactory-auditory integration are rare. Here, we investigated neural activity patterns and odor decoding in the lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC) under uni-sensory and multisensory stimuli in awake, head-fixed mice. Using specific retrograde tracing, we verified that the LEC receives direct inputs from the primary auditory cortex (AC) and the medial geniculate body (MGB). Strikingly, we found that mitral/tufted cells (M/Ts) in the olfactory bulb (OB) and neurons in the LEC respond to both olfactory and auditory stimuli. Sound decreased the neural responses evoked by odors in both the OB and LEC, for both excitatory and inhibitory responses. Interestingly, significant changes in odor decoding performance and modulation of odor-evoked local field potentials (LFPs) were observed only in the LEC. These data indicate that the LEC is a critical center for olfactory-auditory multisensory integration, with direct projections from both olfactory and auditory centers.
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- Tingting Wu
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease and Bioinformation, Research Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China; Artificial Auditory Laboratory of Jiangsu Province, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China; Clinical Hearing Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221006, China; Department of Otolaryngology, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital, Shanghai Key Clinical Disciplines of Otorhinolaryngology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200031, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease and Bioinformation, Research Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease and Bioinformation, Research Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China; Artificial Auditory Laboratory of Jiangsu Province, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China; Clinical Hearing Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221006, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease and Bioinformation, Research Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease and Bioinformation, Research Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease and Bioinformation, Research Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China; Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application Technology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China; NMPA Key Laboratory for Research and Evaluation of Narcotic and Psychotropic Drugs, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China
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- Artificial Auditory Laboratory of Jiangsu Province, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China; Clinical Hearing Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221006, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Brain Disease and Bioinformation, Research Center for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou 221004, China.
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Paciello F, Ripoli C, Fetoni AR, Grassi C. Redox Imbalance as a Common Pathogenic Factor Linking Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline. Antioxidants (Basel) 2023; 12:antiox12020332. [PMID: 36829891 PMCID: PMC9952092 DOI: 10.3390/antiox12020332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 01/23/2023] [Accepted: 01/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Experimental and clinical data suggest a tight link between hearing and cognitive functions under both physiological and pathological conditions. Indeed, hearing perception requires high-level cognitive processes, and its alterations have been considered a risk factor for cognitive decline. Thus, identifying common pathogenic determinants of hearing loss and neurodegenerative disease is challenging. Here, we focused on redox status imbalance as a possible common pathological mechanism linking hearing and cognitive dysfunctions. Oxidative stress plays a critical role in cochlear damage occurring during aging, as well as in that induced by exogenous factors, including noise. At the same time, increased oxidative stress in medio-temporal brain regions, including the hippocampus, is a hallmark of neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer's disease. As such, antioxidant therapy seems to be a promising approach to prevent and/or counteract both sensory and cognitive neurodegeneration. Here, we review experimental evidence suggesting that redox imbalance is a key pathogenetic factor underlying the association between sensorineural hearing loss and neurodegenerative diseases. A greater understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms shared by these two diseased conditions will hopefully provide relevant information to develop innovative and effective therapeutic strategies.
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- Fabiola Paciello
- Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-0630154966
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- Unit of Audiology, Department of Neuroscience, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, 80138 Naples, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, 00168 Rome, Italy
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Fischer-Schulte LH, Peng KP. Migraine prodromes and migraine triggers. HANDBOOK OF CLINICAL NEUROLOGY 2023; 198:135-148. [PMID: 38043958 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-823356-6.00014-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/05/2023]
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Migraine is characterized by a well-defined premonitory phase occurring hours or even days before the headache. Also, many migraineurs report typical triggers for their headaches. Triggers, however, are not consistent in their ability to precipitate migraine headaches. When looking at the clinical characteristics of both premonitory symptoms and triggers, a shared pathophysiological basis seems evident. Both seem to have their origin in basic homeostatic networks such as the feeding/fasting, the sleeping/waking, and the stress response network, all of which strongly rely on the hypothalamus as a hub of integration and are densely interconnected. They also influence the trigeminal pain processing system. Additionally, thalamic and hormonal mechanisms are involved. Activity within all those networks is influenced by various endogenous and external factors and might even cyclically change dependent on physiological internal rhythms. This might affect the threshold for the generation of migraine headaches. Premonitory symptoms thus appear as the result of an already ongoing alteration within those networks, whereas triggers might in this special situation only be able to further stress the system over the threshold for attack generation as catalysts of a process already in motion.
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- Laura H Fischer-Schulte
- Clinic and Policlinic of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
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- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Xiao YJ, Wang L, Liu YZ, Chen J, Zhang H, Gao Y, He H, Zhao Z, Wang Z. Excitatory Crossmodal Input to a Widespread Population of Primary Sensory Cortical Neurons. Neurosci Bull 2022; 38:1139-1152. [PMID: 35429324 PMCID: PMC9554107 DOI: 10.1007/s12264-022-00855-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2021] [Accepted: 01/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Crossmodal information processing in sensory cortices has been reported in sparsely distributed neurons under normal conditions and can undergo experience- or activity-induced plasticity. Given the potential role in brain function as indicated by previous reports, crossmodal connectivity in the sensory cortex needs to be further explored. Using perforated whole-cell recording in anesthetized adult rats, we found that almost all neurons recorded in the primary somatosensory, auditory, and visual cortices exhibited significant membrane-potential responses to crossmodal stimulation, as recorded when brain activity states were pharmacologically down-regulated in light anesthesia. These crossmodal cortical responses were excitatory and subthreshold, and further seemed to be relayed primarily by the sensory thalamus, but not the sensory cortex, of the stimulated modality. Our experiments indicate a sensory cortical presence of widespread excitatory crossmodal inputs, which might play roles in brain functions involving crossmodal information processing or plasticity.
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- Yuan-Jie Xiao
- Institute and Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Institute and Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Institute and Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 15260, USA
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- Institute and Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Institute and Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Institute and Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Third Affiliated Hospital of the Navy Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200438, China
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- Institute and Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China.
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- Institute and Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics of the Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics, School of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China.
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Morrill RJ, Bigelow J, DeKloe J, Hasenstaub AR. Audiovisual task switching rapidly modulates sound encoding in mouse auditory cortex. eLife 2022; 11:e75839. [PMID: 35980027 PMCID: PMC9427107 DOI: 10.7554/elife.75839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 08/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In everyday behavior, sensory systems are in constant competition for attentional resources, but the cellular and circuit-level mechanisms of modality-selective attention remain largely uninvestigated. We conducted translaminar recordings in mouse auditory cortex (AC) during an audiovisual (AV) attention shifting task. Attending to sound elements in an AV stream reduced both pre-stimulus and stimulus-evoked spiking activity, primarily in deep-layer neurons and neurons without spectrotemporal tuning. Despite reduced spiking, stimulus decoder accuracy was preserved, suggesting improved sound encoding efficiency. Similarly, task-irrelevant mapping stimuli during inter-trial intervals evoked fewer spikes without impairing stimulus encoding, indicating that attentional modulation generalized beyond training stimuli. Importantly, spiking reductions predicted trial-to-trial behavioral accuracy during auditory attention, but not visual attention. Together, these findings suggest auditory attention facilitates sound discrimination by filtering sound-irrelevant background activity in AC, and that the deepest cortical layers serve as a hub for integrating extramodal contextual information.
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- Ryan J Morrill
- Coleman Memorial Laboratory, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Coleman Memorial Laboratory, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Coleman Memorial Laboratory, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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- Coleman Memorial Laboratory, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San FranciscoSan FranciscoUnited States
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Bigelow J, Morrill RJ, Olsen T, Hasenstaub AR. Visual modulation of firing and spectrotemporal receptive fields in mouse auditory cortex. CURRENT RESEARCH IN NEUROBIOLOGY 2022; 3:100040. [PMID: 36518337 PMCID: PMC9743056 DOI: 10.1016/j.crneur.2022.100040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 04/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/06/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Recent studies have established significant anatomical and functional connections between visual areas and primary auditory cortex (A1), which may be important for cognitive processes such as communication and spatial perception. These studies have raised two important questions: First, which cell populations in A1 respond to visual input and/or are influenced by visual context? Second, which aspects of sound encoding are affected by visual context? To address these questions, we recorded single-unit activity across cortical layers in awake mice during exposure to auditory and visual stimuli. Neurons responsive to visual stimuli were most prevalent in the deep cortical layers and included both excitatory and inhibitory cells. The overwhelming majority of these neurons also responded to sound, indicating unimodal visual neurons are rare in A1. Other neurons for which sound-evoked responses were modulated by visual context were similarly excitatory or inhibitory but more evenly distributed across cortical layers. These modulatory influences almost exclusively affected sustained sound-evoked firing rate (FR) responses or spectrotemporal receptive fields (STRFs); transient FR changes at stimulus onset were rarely modified by visual context. Neuron populations with visually modulated STRFs and sustained FR responses were mostly non-overlapping, suggesting spectrotemporal feature selectivity and overall excitability may be differentially sensitive to visual context. The effects of visual modulation were heterogeneous, increasing and decreasing STRF gain in roughly equal proportions of neurons. Our results indicate visual influences are surprisingly common and diversely expressed throughout layers and cell types in A1, affecting nearly one in five neurons overall.
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- James Bigelow
- Coleman Memorial Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
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- Coleman Memorial Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
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- Coleman Memorial Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
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- Coleman Memorial Laboratory, University of California, San Francisco, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, USA
- Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, 94143, USA
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Zhao M, Ren M, Jiang T, Jia X, Wang X, Li A, Li X, Luo Q, Gong H. Whole-Brain Direct Inputs to and Axonal Projections from Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons in the Mouse Primary Auditory Area. Neurosci Bull 2022; 38:576-590. [DOI: 10.1007/s12264-022-00838-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2021] [Accepted: 12/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Learned associations between stimuli in different sensory modalities can shape the way we perceive these stimuli. However, it is not well understood how these interactions are mediated or at what level of the processing hierarchy they occur. Here we describe a neural mechanism by which an auditory input can shape visual representations of behaviorally relevant stimuli through direct interactions between auditory and visual cortices in mice. We show that the association of an auditory stimulus with a visual stimulus in a behaviorally relevant context leads to experience-dependent suppression of visual responses in primary visual cortex (V1). Auditory cortex axons carry a mixture of auditory and retinotopically matched visual input to V1, and optogenetic stimulation of these axons selectively suppresses V1 neurons that are responsive to the associated visual stimulus after, but not before, learning. Our results suggest that cross-modal associations can be communicated by long-range cortical connections and that, with learning, these cross-modal connections function to suppress responses to predictable input.
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Paciello F, Rinaudo M, Longo V, Cocco S, Conforto G, Pisani A, Podda MV, Fetoni AR, Paludetti G, Grassi C. Auditory sensory deprivation induced by noise exposure exacerbates cognitive decline in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. eLife 2021; 10:70908. [PMID: 34699347 PMCID: PMC8547960 DOI: 10.7554/elife.70908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Although association between hearing impairment and dementia has been widely documented by epidemiological studies, the role of auditory sensory deprivation in cognitive decline remains to be fully understood. To address this issue we investigated the impact of hearing loss on the onset and time-course of cognitive decline in an animal model of Alzheimer's disease (AD), that is the 3×Tg-AD mice and the underlying mechanisms. We found that hearing loss induced by noise exposure in the 3×Tg-AD mice before the phenotype is manifested caused persistent synaptic and morphological alterations in the auditory cortex. This was associated with earlier hippocampal dysfunction, increased tau phosphorylation, neuroinflammation, and redox imbalance, along with anticipated memory deficits compared to the expected time-course of the neurodegenerative phenotype. Our data suggest that a mouse model of AD is more vulnerable to central damage induced by hearing loss and shows reduced ability to counteract noise-induced detrimental effects, which accelerates the neurodegenerative disease onset.
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- Fabiola Paciello
- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.,Department of Neuroscience, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Kulkarni A, Kegler M, Reichenbach T. Effect of visual input on syllable parsing in a computational model of a neural microcircuit for speech processing. J Neural Eng 2021; 18. [PMID: 34547737 DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ac28d3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2021] [Accepted: 09/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Objective.Seeing a person talking can help us understand them, particularly in a noisy environment. However, how the brain integrates the visual information with the auditory signal to enhance speech comprehension remains poorly understood.Approach.Here we address this question in a computational model of a cortical microcircuit for speech processing. The model consists of an excitatory and an inhibitory neural population that together create oscillations in the theta frequency range. When stimulated with speech, the theta rhythm becomes entrained to the onsets of syllables, such that the onsets can be inferred from the network activity. We investigate how well the obtained syllable parsing performs when different types of visual stimuli are added. In particular, we consider currents related to the rate of syllables as well as currents related to the mouth-opening area of the talking faces.Main results.We find that currents that target the excitatory neuronal population can influence speech comprehension, both boosting it or impeding it, depending on the temporal delay and on whether the currents are excitatory or inhibitory. In contrast, currents that act on the inhibitory neurons do not impact speech comprehension significantly.Significance.Our results suggest neural mechanisms for the integration of visual information with the acoustic information in speech and make experimentally-testable predictions.
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- Anirudh Kulkarni
- Department of Bioengineering and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Bioengineering and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Bioengineering and Centre for Neurotechnology, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom.,Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 3/5, Erlangen, 91056, Germany
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Amaro D, Ferreiro DN, Grothe B, Pecka M. Source identity shapes spatial preference in primary auditory cortex during active navigation. Curr Biol 2021; 31:3875-3883.e5. [PMID: 34192513 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2021.06.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 05/10/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Information about the position of sensory objects and identifying their concurrent behavioral relevance is vital to navigate the environment. In the auditory system, spatial information is computed in the brain based on the position of the sound source relative to the observer and thus assumed to be egocentric throughout the auditory pathway. This assumption is largely based on studies conducted in either anesthetized or head-fixed and passively listening animals, thus lacking self-motion and selective listening. Yet these factors are fundamental components of natural sensing1 that may crucially impact the nature of spatial coding and sensory object representation.2 How individual objects are neuronally represented during unrestricted self-motion and active sensing remains mostly unexplored. Here, we trained gerbils on a behavioral foraging paradigm that required localization and identification of sound sources during free navigation. Chronic tetrode recordings in primary auditory cortex during task performance revealed previously unreported sensory object representations. Strikingly, the egocentric angle preference of the majority of spatially sensitive neurons changed significantly depending on the task-specific identity (outcome association) of the sound source. Spatial tuning also exhibited large temporal complexity. Moreover, we encountered egocentrically untuned neurons whose response magnitude differed between source identities. Using a neural network decoder, we show that, together, these neuronal response ensembles provide spatiotemporally co-existent information about both the egocentric location and the identity of individual sensory objects during self-motion, revealing a novel cortical computation principle for naturalistic sensing.
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- Diana Amaro
- Division of Neurobiology, Department Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; Department of General Psychology and Education, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany; Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany
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- Division of Neurobiology, Department Biology II, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany.
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Coordination between different sensory systems is a necessary element of sensory processing. Where and how signals from different sense organs converge onto common neural circuitry have become topics of increasing interest in recent years. In this article, we focus specifically on visual-auditory interactions in areas of the mammalian brain that are commonly considered to be auditory in function. The auditory cortex and inferior colliculus are two key points of entry where visual signals reach the auditory pathway, and both contain visual- and/or eye movement-related signals in humans and other animals. The visual signals observed in these auditory structures reflect a mixture of visual modulation of auditory-evoked activity and visually driven responses that are selective for stimulus location or features. These key response attributes also appear in the classic visual pathway but may play a different role in the auditory pathway: to modify auditory rather than visual perception. Finally, while this review focuses on two particular areas of the auditory pathway where this question has been studied, robust descending as well as ascending connections within this pathway suggest that undiscovered visual signals may be present at other stages as well. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Vision Science, Volume 7 is September 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.
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- Meredith N Schmehl
- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; , .,Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.,Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA; , .,Department of Psychology & Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.,Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.,Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA.,Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708, USA
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Meijer GT, Marchesi P, Mejias JF, Montijn JS, Lansink CS, Pennartz CMA. Neural Correlates of Multisensory Detection Behavior: Comparison of Primary and Higher-Order Visual Cortex. Cell Rep 2021; 31:107636. [PMID: 32402272 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.107636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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We act upon stimuli in our surrounding environment by gathering the multisensory information they convey and by integrating this information to decide on a behavioral action. We hypothesized that the anterolateral secondary visual cortex (area AL) of the mouse brain may serve as a hub for sensorimotor transformation of audiovisual information. We imaged neuronal activity in primary visual cortex (V1) and AL of the mouse during a detection task using visual, auditory, and audiovisual stimuli. We found that AL neurons were more sensitive to weak uni- and multisensory stimuli compared to V1. Depending on contrast, different subsets of AL and V1 neurons showed cross-modal modulation of visual responses. During audiovisual stimulation, AL neurons showed stronger differentiation of behaviorally reported versus unreported stimuli compared to V1, whereas V1 showed this distinction during unisensory visual stimulation. Thus, neural population activity in area AL correlates more closely with multisensory detection behavior than V1.
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- Guido T Meijer
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Research Priority Program Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Center for Neuroscience, Faculty of Science, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Research Priority Program Brain and Cognition, University of Amsterdam, 1098 XH Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Imaging of Functional Brain Circuits during Acquisition and Memory Retrieval in an Aversive Feedback Learning Task: Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography of Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Freely Behaving Rats. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11050659. [PMID: 34070079 PMCID: PMC8158148 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11050659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 05/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Active avoidance learning is a complex form of aversive feedback learning that in humans and other animals is essential for actively coping with unpleasant, aversive, or dangerous situations. Since the functional circuits involved in two-way avoidance (TWA) learning have not yet been entirely identified, the aim of this study was to obtain an overall picture of the brain circuits that are involved in active avoidance learning. In order to obtain a longitudinal assessment of activation patterns in the brain of freely behaving rats during different stages of learning, we applied single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). We were able to identify distinct prefrontal cortical, sensory, and limbic circuits that were specifically recruited during the acquisition and retrieval phases of the two-way avoidance learning task.
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Yao JD, Gimoto J, Constantinople CM, Sanes DH. Parietal Cortex Is Required for the Integration of Acoustic Evidence. Curr Biol 2020; 30:3293-3303.e4. [PMID: 32619478 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2020] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 06/04/2020] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Sensory-driven decisions are formed by accumulating information over time. Although parietal cortex activity is thought to represent accumulated evidence for sensory-based decisions, recent perturbation studies in rodents and non-human primates have challenged the hypothesis that these representations actually influence behavior. Here, we asked whether the parietal cortex integrates acoustic features from auditory cortical inputs during a perceptual decision-making task. If so, we predicted that selective inactivation of this projection should impair subjects' ability to accumulate sensory evidence. We trained gerbils to perform an auditory discrimination task and obtained measures of integration time as a readout of evidence accumulation capability. Minimum integration time was calculated behaviorally as the shortest stimulus duration for which subjects could discriminate the acoustic signals. Direct pharmacological inactivation of parietal cortex increased minimum integration times, suggesting its role in the behavior. To determine the specific impact of sensory evidence, we chemogenetically inactivated the excitatory projections from auditory cortex to parietal cortex and found this was sufficient to increase minimum behavioral integration times. Our signal-detection-theory-based model accurately replicated behavioral outcomes and indicated that the deficits in task performance were plausibly explained by elevated sensory noise. Together, our findings provide causal evidence that parietal cortex plays a role in the network that integrates auditory features for perceptual judgments.
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- Justin D Yao
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; Neuroscience Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; Department of Biology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA; Neuroscience Institute, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York University, New York, NY 10016, USA
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Heimler B, Amedi A. Are critical periods reversible in the adult brain? Insights on cortical specializations based on sensory deprivation studies. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 116:494-507. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.06.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2019] [Revised: 06/07/2020] [Accepted: 06/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Nadhimi Y, Llano DA. Does hearing loss lead to dementia? A review of the literature. Hear Res 2020; 402:108038. [PMID: 32814645 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2020.108038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 06/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Recent studies have revealed a correlation between aging-related hearing loss and the likelihood of developing Alzheimer Disease. However, it is not yet known if the correlation simply reflects the fact that these two disorders share common risk factors or whether there is a causal link between them. The answer to this question carries therapeutic implications. Unfortunately, it is not possible to study the question of causality between aging-related hearing loss and dementia in human subjects. Here, we evaluate the research surrounding induced-hearing loss in animal models on non-auditory cognition to help infer if there is any causal evidence linking hearing loss and a more general dementia. We find ample evidence that induction of hearing loss in animals produces cognitive decline, particularly hippocampal dysfunction. The data suggest that noise-exposure produces a toxic milieu in the hippocampus consisting of a spike in glucocorticoid levels, elevations of mediators of oxidative stress and excitotoxicity, which as a consequence induce cessation of neurogenesis, synaptic loss and tau hyperphosphorylation. These data suggest that hearing loss can lead to pathological hallmarks similar to those seen in Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias. However, the rodent data do not establish that hearing loss on its own can induce a progressive degenerative dementing illness. Therefore, we conclude that an additional "hit", such as aging, APOE genotype, microvascular disease or others, may be necessary to trigger an ongoing degenerative process such as Alzheimer Disease.
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- Yosra Nadhimi
- Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA; Carle Neuroscience Institute, Urbana, IL, USA; Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, Urbana, IL, USA.
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Tasaka GI, Feigin L, Maor I, Groysman M, DeNardo LA, Schiavo JK, Froemke RC, Luo L, Mizrahi A. The Temporal Association Cortex Plays a Key Role in Auditory-Driven Maternal Plasticity. Neuron 2020; 107:566-579.e7. [PMID: 32473095 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2019] [Revised: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Mother-infant bonding develops rapidly following parturition and is accompanied by changes in sensory perception and behavior. Here, we study how ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) are represented in the brain of mothers. Using a mouse line that allows temporally controlled genetic access to active neurons, we find that the temporal association cortex (TeA) in mothers exhibits robust USV responses. Rabies tracing from USV-responsive neurons reveals extensive subcortical and cortical inputs into TeA. A particularly dominant cortical source of inputs is the primary auditory cortex (A1), suggesting strong A1-to-TeA connectivity. Chemogenetic silencing of USV-responsive neurons in TeA impairs auditory-driven maternal preference in a pup-retrieval assay. Furthermore, dense extracellular recordings from awake mice reveal changes of both single-neuron and population responses to USVs in TeA, improving discriminability of pup calls in mothers compared with naive females. These data indicate that TeA plays a key role in encoding and perceiving pup cries during motherhood.
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- Gen-Ichi Tasaka
- Department of Neurobiology, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, and Department of Otolaryngology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine, Neuroscience Institute, and Department of Otolaryngology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel.
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Kapolowicz MR, Thompson LT. Plasticity in Limbic Regions at Early Time Points in Experimental Models of Tinnitus. Front Syst Neurosci 2020; 13:88. [PMID: 32038184 PMCID: PMC6992603 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2019.00088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Tinnitus is one of the most prevalent auditory disorders worldwide, manifesting in both chronic and acute forms. The pathology of tinnitus has been mechanistically linked to induction of harmful neural plasticity stemming from traumatic noise exposure, exposure to ototoxic medications, input deprivation from age-related hearing loss, and in response to injuries or disorders damaging the conductive apparatus of the ears, the cochlear hair cells, the ganglionic cells of the VIIIth cranial nerve, or neurons of the classical auditory pathway which link the cochlear nuclei through the inferior colliculi and medial geniculate nuclei to auditory cortices. Research attempting to more specifically characterize the neural plasticity occurring in tinnitus have used a wide range of techniques, experimental paradigms, and sampled at different windows of time to reach different conclusions about why and which specific brain regions are crucial in the induction or ongoing maintenance of tinnitus-related plasticity. Despite differences in experimental methodologies, evidence reveals similar findings that strongly suggest that immediate and prolonged activation of non-classical auditory structures (i.e., amygdala, hippocampus, and cingulate cortex) may contribute to the initiation and development of tinnitus in addition to the ongoing maintenance of this devastating condition. The overarching focus of this review, therefore, is to highlight findings from the field supporting the hypothesis that abnormal early activation of non-classical sensory limbic regions are involved in tinnitus induction, with activation of these regions continuing to occur at different temporal stages. Since initial/early stages of tinnitus are difficult to control and to quantify in human clinical populations, a number of different animal paradigms have been developed and assessed in experimental investigations. Reviews of traumatic noise exposure and ototoxic doses of sodium salicylate, the most prevalently used animal models to induce experimental tinnitus, indicate early limbic system plasticity (within hours, minutes, or days after initial insult), supports subsequent plasticity in other auditory regions, and contributes to the pathophysiology of tinnitus. Understanding this early plasticity presents additional opportunities for intervention to reduce or eliminate tinnitus from the human condition.
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- Michelle R. Kapolowicz
- Center for Hearing Research, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, United States
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Brunk MGK, Deane KE, Kisse M, Deliano M, Vieweg S, Ohl FW, Lippert MT, Happel MFK. Optogenetic stimulation of the VTA modulates a frequency-specific gain of thalamocortical inputs in infragranular layers of the auditory cortex. Sci Rep 2019; 9:20385. [PMID: 31892726 PMCID: PMC6938496 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56926-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Reward associations during auditory learning induce cortical plasticity in the primary auditory cortex. A prominent source of such influence is the ventral tegmental area (VTA), which conveys a dopaminergic teaching signal to the primary auditory cortex. Yet, it is unknown, how the VTA influences cortical frequency processing and spectral integration. Therefore, we investigated the temporal effects of direct optogenetic stimulation of the VTA onto spectral integration in the auditory cortex on a synaptic circuit level by current-source-density analysis in anesthetized Mongolian gerbils. While auditory lemniscal input predominantly terminates in the granular input layers III/IV, we found that VTA-mediated modulation of spectral processing is relayed by a different circuit, namely enhanced thalamic inputs to the infragranular layers Vb/VIa. Activation of this circuit yields a frequency-specific gain amplification of local sensory input and enhances corticocortical information transfer, especially in supragranular layers I/II. This effects persisted over more than 30 minutes after VTA stimulation. Altogether, we demonstrate that the VTA exhibits a long-lasting influence on sensory cortical processing via infragranular layers transcending the signaling of a mere reward-prediction error. We thereby demonstrate a cellular and circuit substrate for the influence of reinforcement-evaluating brain systems on sensory processing in the auditory cortex.
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- Michael G K Brunk
- Department of Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany.
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- Department of Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute for Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences (CBBS), 39106, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany.
- Institute for Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Loughrey DG, Mihelj E, Lawlor BA. Age-related hearing loss associated with altered response efficiency and variability on a visual sustained attention task. AGING NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITION 2019; 28:1-25. [PMID: 31868123 DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2019.1704393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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This study investigated the association between age-related hearing loss (ARHL) and differences in response efficiency and variability on a sustained attention task. The study population comprised 32 participants in a hearing loss group (HLG) and 34 controls without hearing loss (CG). Mean reaction time (RT) and accuracy were recorded to assess response efficiency. RT variability was decomposed to examine temporal aspects of variability associated with neural arousal and top-down executive control of vigilant attention. The HLG had a significantly longer mean RT, possibly reflecting a strategic approach to maintain accuracy. The HLG also demonstrated altered variability (indicative of greater decline in neural arousal) but maintained executive control that was significantly predictive of poorer response efficiency. Adults with ARHL may rely on higher-order attention networks to compensate for decline in both peripheral sensory function and in subcortical arousal systems which mediate lower-order automatic neurocognitive processes.
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- David G Loughrey
- Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland/University of California , San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Institute of Human Movement Sciences and Sport, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich , Switzerland
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- Global Brain Health Institute, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland/University of California, San Francisco. Mercer's Institute for Successful Ageing, St James Hospital , Dublin, Ireland
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Thalamic low frequency activity facilitates resting-state cortical interhemispheric MRI functional connectivity. Neuroimage 2019; 201:115985. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.06.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2019] [Accepted: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Schulte LH, Peng KP. Current understanding of premonitory networks in migraine: A window to attack generation. Cephalalgia 2019; 39:1720-1727. [DOI: 10.1177/0333102419883375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Aim To describe neuronal networks underlying commonly reported migraine premonitory symptoms and to discuss how these might precipitate migraine pain. Background Migraine headache is frequently preceded by a distinct and well characterized premonitory phase including symptoms like yawning, sleep disturbances, alterations in appetite and food intake and hypersensitivity to certain external stimuli. Recent neuroimaging studies strongly suggest the hypothalamus as the key mediator of the premonitory phase and also suggested alterations in hypothalamic networks as a mechanism of migraine attack generation. When looking at the vast evidence from basic research within the last decades, hypothalamic and thalamic networks are most likely to integrate peripheral influences with central mechanisms, facilitating the precipitation of migraine headaches. These networks include sleep, feeding and stress modulating centers within the hypothalamus, thalamic pathways and brainstem centers closely involved in trigeminal pain processing such as the spinal trigeminal nucleus and the rostral ventromedial medulla, all of which are closely interconnected. Conclusion Taken together, these networks represent the pathophysiological basis for migraine premonitory symptoms as well as a possible integration site of peripheral so-called “triggers” with central attack facilitating processes.
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- Laura H Schulte
- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
- Clinic and Policlinic of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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Multisensory Enhancement of Odor Object Processing in Primary Olfactory Cortex. Neuroscience 2019; 418:254-265. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.08.040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 08/22/2019] [Accepted: 08/23/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Macharadze T, Budinger E, Brosch M, Scheich H, Ohl FW, Henschke JU. Early Sensory Loss Alters the Dendritic Branching and Spine Density of Supragranular Pyramidal Neurons in Rodent Primary Sensory Cortices. Front Neural Circuits 2019; 13:61. [PMID: 31611778 PMCID: PMC6773815 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2019.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Multisensory integration in primary auditory (A1), visual (V1), and somatosensory cortex (S1) is substantially mediated by their direct interconnections and by thalamic inputs across the sensory modalities. We have previously shown in rodents (Mongolian gerbils) that during postnatal development, the anatomical and functional strengths of these crossmodal and also of sensory matched connections are determined by early auditory, somatosensory, and visual experience. Because supragranular layer III pyramidal neurons are major targets of corticocortical and thalamocortical connections, we investigated in this follow-up study how the loss of early sensory experience changes their dendritic morphology. Gerbils were sensory deprived early in development by either bilateral sciatic nerve transection at postnatal day (P) 5, ototoxic inner hair cell damage at P10, or eye enucleation at P10. Sholl and branch order analyses of Golgi-stained layer III pyramidal neurons at P28, which demarcates the end of the sensory critical period in this species, revealed that visual and somatosensory deprivation leads to a general increase of apical and basal dendritic branching in A1, V1, and S1. In contrast, dendritic branching, particularly of apical dendrites, decreased in all three areas following auditory deprivation. Generally, the number of spines, and consequently spine density, along the apical and basal dendrites decreased in both sensory deprived and non-deprived cortical areas. Therefore, we conclude that the loss of early sensory experience induces a refinement of corticocortical crossmodal and other cortical and thalamic connections by pruning of dendritic spines at the end of the critical period. Based on present and previous own results and on findings from the literature, we propose a scenario for multisensory development following early sensory loss.
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- Tamar Macharadze
- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Clinic for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Otto von Guericke University Hospital, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany.,Special Lab Primate Neurobiology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany.,Emeritus Group Lifelong Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany.,Institute for Biology, Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto von Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany
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Odor Identification in Rats: Behavioral and Electrophysiological Evidence of Learned Olfactory-Auditory Associations. eNeuro 2019; 6:ENEURO.0102-19.2019. [PMID: 31362955 PMCID: PMC6709214 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0102-19.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2019] [Revised: 06/28/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The ability to recognize and identify a smell is highly dependent on multisensory context and expectation, for example, hearing the name of the odor source. Here, we develop a novel auditory-odor association task in rats, wherein the animal learns that a specific auditory tone, when associated with a specific odor, predicts reward (Go signal), whereas the same tone associated with a different odor, or vice versa, is not (No-Go signal). The tone occurs prior to the onset of the odor, allowing physiological analyses of sensory-evoked local field potential (LFP) activity to each stimulus in primary auditory cortex and anterior piriform cortex (aPCX). In trained animals that have acquired the task, both auditory and subsequent olfactory cues activate β band oscillations in both the auditory cortex and PCX, suggesting multisensory integration. Naive animals show no such multisensory responses, suggesting the response is learned. In addition to the learned multisensory evoked responses, functional connectivity between auditory cortex and PCX, as assessed with spectral coherence and phase lag index (PLI), is enhanced. Importantly, both the multi-sensory evoked responses and the functional connectivity are context-dependent. In trained animals, the same auditory stimuli presented in the home cage evoke no responses in auditory cortex or PCX, and functional connectivity between the sensory cortices is reduced. Together, the results demonstrate how learning and context shape the expression of multisensory cortical processing. Given that odor identification impairment is associated with preclinical dementia in humans, the mechanisms suggested here may help develop experimental models to assess effects of neuropathology on behavior.
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Saldeitis K, Richter K, Fischer KD, Ohl FW, Mateos JM, Budinger E. Ultrastructure of giant thalamic terminals in the auditory cortex. Eur J Neurosci 2019; 50:3445-3453. [PMID: 31286598 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The auditory system comprises some very large axonal terminals like the endbulb and calyx of Held and "giant" corticothalamic synapses. Previously, we described a hitherto unknown population of giant thalamocortical boutons arising from the medial division of the medial geniculate body (MGm) in the Mongolian gerbil, which terminate over a wide cortical range but in a columnar manner particularly in the extragranular layers of the auditory cortex. As a first step towards an understanding of their potential functional role, we here describe their ultrastructure combining anterograde tract-tracing with biocytin and electron microscopy. Quantitative ultrastructural analyses revealed that biocytin-labelled MGm boutons reach much larger sizes than other, non-labelled boutons. Also, mitochondria occupy more space within labelled boutons whereas synapses are of similar size. Labelled boutons are very heterogeneous in size but homogeneous with respect to their ultrastructural characteristics, with asymmetric synapses containing clear, round vesicles and targeting dendritic spines. Functionally, the ultrastructure of the MGm terminals indicates that they form excitatory contacts, which may transmit their information in a rapid, powerful and high-fidelity manner onto strategically advantageous compartments of their cortical target cells.
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- Katja Saldeitis
- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Cognitive Hearing in Primates Group, Auditory Neuroscience and Optogenetics Laboratory, German Primate Center, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Center for Microscopy and Image Analysis, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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Schicknick H, Henschke JU, Budinger E, Ohl FW, Gundelfinger ED, Tischmeyer W. β-adrenergic modulation of discrimination learning and memory in the auditory cortex. Eur J Neurosci 2019; 50:3141-3163. [PMID: 31162753 PMCID: PMC6900137 DOI: 10.1111/ejn.14480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 05/27/2019] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Despite vast literature on catecholaminergic neuromodulation of auditory cortex functioning in general, knowledge about its role for long‐term memory formation is scarce. Our previous pharmacological studies on cortex‐dependent frequency‐modulated tone‐sweep discrimination learning of Mongolian gerbils showed that auditory‐cortical D1/5‐dopamine receptor activity facilitates memory consolidation and anterograde memory formation. Considering overlapping functions of D1/5‐dopamine receptors and β‐adrenoceptors, we hypothesised a role of β‐adrenergic signalling in the auditory cortex for sweep discrimination learning and memory. Supporting this hypothesis, the β1/2‐adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol bilaterally applied to the gerbil auditory cortex after task acquisition prevented the discrimination increment that was normally monitored 1 day later. The increment in the total number of hurdle crossings performed in response to the sweeps per se was normal. Propranolol infusion after the seventh training session suppressed the previously established sweep discrimination. The suppressive effect required antagonist injection in a narrow post‐session time window. When applied to the auditory cortex 1 day before initial conditioning, β1‐adrenoceptor‐antagonising and β1‐adrenoceptor‐stimulating agents retarded and facilitated, respectively, sweep discrimination learning, whereas β2‐selective drugs were ineffective. In contrast, single‐sweep detection learning was normal after propranolol infusion. By immunohistochemistry, β1‐ and β2‐adrenoceptors were identified on the neuropil and somata of pyramidal and non‐pyramidal neurons of the gerbil auditory cortex. The present findings suggest that β‐adrenergic signalling in the auditory cortex has task‐related importance for discrimination learning of complex sounds: as previously shown for D1/5‐dopamine receptor signalling, β‐adrenoceptor activity supports long‐term memory consolidation and reconsolidation; additionally, tonic input through β1‐adrenoceptors may control mechanisms permissive for memory acquisition.
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- Horst Schicknick
- Special Lab Molecular Biological Techniques, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany.,Department Neurochemistry and Molecular Biology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Molecular Neurobiology, Medical Faculty, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Special Lab Molecular Biological Techniques, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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Li Q, Liu G, Yuan G, Wang G, Wu Z, Zhao X. DC Shifts-fMRI: A Supplement to Event-Related fMRI. Front Comput Neurosci 2019; 13:37. [PMID: 31244636 PMCID: PMC6581730 DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2019.00037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Event-related fMRI have been widely used in locating brain regions which respond to specific tasks. However, activities of brain regions which modulate or indirectly participate in the response to a specific task are not event-related. Event-related fMRI can't locate these regulatory regions, detrimental to the integrity of the result that event-related fMRI revealed. Direct-current EEG shifts (DC shifts) have been found linked to the inner brain activity, a fusion DC shifts-fMRI method may have the ability to reveal a more complete response of the brain. In this study, we used DC shifts-fMRI to verify that even when responding to a very simple task, (1) The response of the brain is more complicated than event-related fMRI generally revealed and (2) DC shifts-fMRI have the ability of revealing brain regions whose responses are not in event-related way. We used a classical and simple paradigm which is often used in auditory cortex tonotopic mapping. Data were recorded from 50 subjects (25 male, 25 female) who were presented with randomly presented pure tone sequences with six different frequencies (200, 400, 800, 1,600, 3,200, 6,400 Hz). Our traditional fMRI results are consistent with previous findings that the activations are concentrated on the auditory cortex. Our DC shifts-fMRI results showed that the cingulate-caudate-thalamus network which underpins sustained attention is positively activated while the dorsal attention network and the right middle frontal gyrus which underpin attention orientation are negatively activated. The regional-specific correlations between DC shifts and brain networks indicate the complexity of the response of the brain even to a simple task and that the DC shifts can effectively reflect these non-event-related inner brain activities.
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- Qiang Li
- Education Science College, Guizhou Normal College, Guiyang, China
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Music, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Southwest University Hospital, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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Schormans AL, Typlt M, Allman BL. Adult-Onset Hearing Impairment Induces Layer-Specific Cortical Reorganization: Evidence of Crossmodal Plasticity and Central Gain Enhancement. Cereb Cortex 2019; 29:1875-1888. [PMID: 29668848 PMCID: PMC6458918 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhy067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 02/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Adult-onset hearing impairment can lead to hyperactivity in the auditory pathway (i.e., central gain enhancement) as well as increased cortical responsiveness to nonauditory stimuli (i.e., crossmodal plasticity). However, it remained unclear to what extent hearing loss-induced hyperactivity is relayed beyond the auditory cortex, and thus, whether central gain enhancement competes or coexists with crossmodal plasticity throughout the distinct layers of the audiovisual cortex. To that end, we investigated the effects of partial hearing loss on laminar processing in the auditory, visual and audiovisual cortices of adult rats using extracellular electrophysiological recordings performed 2 weeks after loud noise exposure. Current-source density analyses revealed that central gain enhancement was not relayed to the audiovisual cortex (V2L), and was instead restricted to the granular layer of the higher order auditory area, AuD. In contrast, crossmodal plasticity was evident across multiple cortical layers within V2L, and also manifested in AuD. Surprisingly, despite this coexistence of central gain enhancement and crossmodal plasticity, noise exposure did not disrupt the responsiveness of these neighboring cortical regions to combined audiovisual stimuli. Overall, we have shown for the first time that adult-onset hearing impairment causes a complex assortment of intramodal and crossmodal changes across the layers of higher order sensory cortices.
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- Ashley L Schormans
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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Zorio DAR, Monsma S, Sanes DH, Golding NL, Rubel EW, Wang Y. De novo sequencing and initial annotation of the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) genome. Genomics 2019; 111:441-449. [PMID: 29526484 PMCID: PMC6129228 DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 02/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) is a member of the rodent family that displays several features not found in mice or rats, including sensory specializations and social patterns more similar to those in humans. These features have made gerbils a valuable animal for research studies of auditory and visual processing, brain development, learning and memory, and neurological disorders. Here, we report the whole gerbil annotated genome sequence, and identify important similarities and differences to the human and mouse genomes. We further analyze the chromosomal structure of eight genes with high relevance for controlling neural signaling and demonstrate a high degree of homology between these genes in mouse and gerbil. This homology increases the likelihood that individual genes can be rapidly identified in gerbil and used for genetic manipulations. The availability of the gerbil genome provides a foundation for advancing our knowledge towards understanding evolution, behavior and neural function in mammals. ACCESSION NUMBER: The Whole Genome Shotgun sequence data from this project has been deposited at DDBJ/ENA/GenBank under the accession NHTI00000000. The version described in this paper is version NHTI01000000. The fragment reads, and mate pair reads have been deposited in the Sequence Read Archive under BioSample accession SAMN06897401.
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- Diego A R Zorio
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- University of Texas at Austin, Department of Neuroscience, Center for Learning and Memory, Austin, TX, USA
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- Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA; Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
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Amsellem S, Höchenberger R, Ohla K. Visual-Olfactory Interactions: Bimodal Facilitation and Impact on the Subjective Experience. Chem Senses 2019. [PMID: 29528380 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjy018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Odors are inherently ambiguous and therefore susceptible to redundant sensory as well as context information. The identification of an odor object relies largely on visual input. Thus far, it is unclear whether visual and olfactory stimuli are indeed integrated at an early perceptual stage and which role the congruence between the visual and olfactory inputs plays. Previous studies on visual-olfactory interaction used either congruent or incongruent information, leaving it open whether nuances of visual-olfactory congruence shape perception differently. We aimed to answer 1) whether visual-olfactory information is integrated at early stages of processing, 2) whether visual-olfactory congruence is a gradual or dichotomous phenomenon, and 3) whether visual information influences bimodal stimulus evaluation and odor identity. We found a bimodal response time speedup that is consistent with parallel processing according to race models. Subjectively, pleasantness of bimodal stimuli increased with increasing congruence, and orange images biased odor composition toward orange. Visual-olfactory congruence was perceived in gradual and distinct categories, consistent with the notion that congruence is a gradual phenomenon. Together, the data provide evidence for bimodal facilitation consistent with parallel processing of the visual and olfactory stimuli, and that visual-olfactory interactions influence various levels of the subjective experience.
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- Sherlley Amsellem
- Psychophysiology of Food Perception, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Arthur-Scheunert Allee, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Psychophysiology of Food Perception, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Arthur-Scheunert Allee, Nuthetal, Germany
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- Psychophysiology of Food Perception, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Arthur-Scheunert Allee, Nuthetal, Germany
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Ohla K, Höchenberger R, Freiherr J, Lundström JN. Superadditive and Subadditive Neural Processing of Dynamic Auditory-Visual Objects in the Presence of Congruent Odors. Chem Senses 2019; 43:35-44. [PMID: 29045615 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjx068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Our sensory experiences comprise a variety of different inputs at any given time. Some of these experiences are unmistakable, others are ambiguous and profit from additional sensory information. Here, we explored whether the presence of a congruent odor influences the neural processing and sensory interaction of audio-visual objects using degraded videos (V) and sounds (A) of dynamic objects in unimodal and bimodal (AV) combinations without or with a congruent odor (VO, AO, AVO). Analyses of EEG data revealed superadditive and subadditive interaction effects. The topography and timing of these effects suggest evaluative rather than sensory processes as the underlying cause. Together, the results suggest that the mere presence of an odor affects the processing of A, V, and AV objects differently while multisensory interactions of AV and AVO objects have common neuronal mechanisms pointing to a robust, modality-independent network for the processing of redundant sensory information.
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- Kathrin Ohla
- German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Germany
- Monell Chemical Senses Center, USA
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- Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Germany
- Fraunhofer-Institut für Verfahrenstechnik und Verpackung IVV, Sensory Analytics, Germany
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- Monell Chemical Senses Center, USA
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
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How Senses Work Together: Cross-Modal Interactions between Primary Sensory Cortices. Neural Plast 2018; 2018:5380921. [PMID: 30647732 PMCID: PMC6311735 DOI: 10.1155/2018/5380921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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On our way through a town, the things we see can make us change the way we go. The things that we hear can make us stop or walk on, or the things we feel can cause us to wear a warm jacket or just a t-shirt. All these behaviors are mediated by highly complex processing mechanisms in our brain and reflect responses to many important sensory inputs. The mammalian cerebral cortex, which processes the sensory information, consists of largely specialized sensory areas mainly receiving information from their corresponding sensory modalities. The first cortical regions receiving the input from the outer world are the so called primary sensory cortices. Strikingly, there is convincing evidence that primary sensory cortices do not work in isolation but are substantially affected by other sensory modalities. Here, we will review previous and current literature on this cross-modal interplay.
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Massé IO, Ross S, Bronchti G, Boire D. Asymmetric Direct Reciprocal Connections Between Primary Visual and Somatosensory Cortices of the Mouse. Cereb Cortex 2018; 27:4361-4378. [PMID: 27522075 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhw239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2016] [Accepted: 07/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Several studies show direct connections between primary sensory cortices involved in multisensory integration. The purpose of this study is to understand the microcircuitry of the reciprocal connections between visual and somatosensory cortices. The laminar distribution of retrogradely labeled cell bodies in V1 and in the somatosensory cortex both in (S1BF) and outside (S1) the barrel field was studied to provide layer indices in order to determine whether the connections are of feedforward, feedback or lateral type. Single axons were reconstructed and the size of their swellings was stereologically sampled. The negative layer indices in S1 and S1BF and the layer index near zero in V1 indicate that the connection from S1BF to V1 is of feedback type while the opposite is of lateral type. The greater incidence of larger axonal swellings in the projection from V1 to S1BF strongly suggests that S1BF receives a stronger driver input from V1 and that S1BF inputs to V1 have a predominant modulatory influence.
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- Ian O Massé
- Département d'anatomie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, CanadaG9A 2W7
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- Département d'anatomie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, CanadaG9A 2W7
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- Département d'anatomie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, CanadaG9A 2W7
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- Département d'anatomie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, CanadaG9A 2W7
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Henschke JU, Oelschlegel AM, Angenstein F, Ohl FW, Goldschmidt J, Kanold PO, Budinger E. Early sensory experience influences the development of multisensory thalamocortical and intracortical connections of primary sensory cortices. Brain Struct Funct 2018; 223:1165-1190. [PMID: 29094306 PMCID: PMC5871574 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1549-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2017] [Accepted: 09/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The nervous system integrates information from multiple senses. This multisensory integration already occurs in primary sensory cortices via direct thalamocortical and corticocortical connections across modalities. In humans, sensory loss from birth results in functional recruitment of the deprived cortical territory by the spared senses but the underlying circuit changes are not well known. Using tracer injections into primary auditory, somatosensory, and visual cortex within the first postnatal month of life in a rodent model (Mongolian gerbil) we show that multisensory thalamocortical connections emerge before corticocortical connections but mostly disappear during development. Early auditory, somatosensory, or visual deprivation increases multisensory connections via axonal reorganization processes mediated by non-lemniscal thalamic nuclei and the primary areas themselves. Functional single-photon emission computed tomography of regional cerebral blood flow reveals altered stimulus-induced activity and higher functional connectivity specifically between primary areas in deprived animals. Together, we show that intracortical multisensory connections are formed as a consequence of sensory-driven multisensory thalamocortical activity and that spared senses functionally recruit deprived cortical areas by an altered development of sensory thalamocortical and corticocortical connections. The functional-anatomical changes after early sensory deprivation have translational implications for the therapy of developmental hearing loss, blindness, and sensory paralysis and might also underlie developmental synesthesia.
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- Julia U Henschke
- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Within the Helmholtz Association, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Research Group Neuropharmacology, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Anatomy, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Functional Neuroimaging Group, German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases Within the Helmholtz Association, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
- Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Leipziger Str. 44, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Brenneckestr. 6, 39118, Magdeburg, Germany.
- Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Universitätsplatz 2, 39120, Magdeburg, Germany.
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Henschke JU, Ohl FW, Budinger E. Crossmodal Connections of Primary Sensory Cortices Largely Vanish During Normal Aging. Front Aging Neurosci 2018; 10:52. [PMID: 29551970 PMCID: PMC5840148 DOI: 10.3389/fnagi.2018.00052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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During aging, human response times (RTs) to unisensory and crossmodal stimuli decrease. However, the elderly benefit more from crossmodal stimulus representations than younger people. The underlying short-latency multisensory integration process is mediated by direct crossmodal connections at the level of primary sensory cortices. We investigate the age-related changes of these connections using a rodent model (Mongolian gerbil), retrograde tracer injections into the primary auditory (A1), somatosensory (S1), and visual cortex (V1), and immunohistochemistry for markers of apoptosis (Caspase-3), axonal plasticity (Growth associated protein 43, GAP 43), and a calcium-binding protein (Parvalbumin, PV). In adult animals, primary sensory cortices receive a substantial number of direct thalamic inputs from nuclei of their matched, but also from nuclei of non-matched sensory modalities. There are also direct intracortical connections among primary sensory cortices and connections with secondary sensory cortices of other modalities. In very old animals, the crossmodal connections strongly decrease in number or vanish entirely. This is likely due to a retraction of the projection neuron axonal branches rather than ongoing programmed cell death. The loss of crossmodal connections is also accompanied by changes in anatomical correlates of inhibition and excitation in the sensory thalamus and cortex. Together, the loss and restructuring of crossmodal connections during aging suggest a shift of multisensory processing from primary cortices towards other sensory brain areas in elderly individuals.
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- Julia U Henschke
- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Department Genetics, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases within the Helmholtz Association, Magdeburg, Germany.,Institute of Cognitive Neurology and Dementia Research (IKND), Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany.,Institute of Biology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department Systems Physiology of Learning, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany.,Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Germany
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Yuan G, Liu G, Wei D, Wang G, Li Q, Qi M, Wu S. Functional connectivity corresponding to the tonotopic differentiation of the human auditory cortex. Hum Brain Mapp 2018; 39:2224-2234. [PMID: 29417705 DOI: 10.1002/hbm.24001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2017] [Revised: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Recent research has demonstrated that resting-state functional connectivity (RS-FC) within the human auditory cortex (HAC) is frequency-selective, but whether RS-FC between the HAC and other brain areas is differentiated by frequency remains unclear. Three types of data were collected in this study, including resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data, task-based fMRI data using six pure tone stimuli (200, 400, 800, 1,600, 3,200, and 6,400 Hz), and structural imaging data. We first used task-based fMRI to identify frequency-selective cortical regions in the HAC. Six regions of interest (ROIs) were defined based on the responses of 50 participants to the six pure tone stimuli. Then, these ROIs were used as seeds to determine RS-FC between the HAC and other brain regions. The results showed that there was RS-FC between the HAC and brain regions that included the superior temporal gyrus, dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DL-PFC), parietal cortex, occipital lobe, and subcortical structures. Importantly, significant differences in FC were observed among most of the brain regions that showed RS-FC with the HAC. Specifically, there was stronger RS-FC between (1) low-frequency (200 and 400 Hz) regions and brain regions including the premotor cortex, somatosensory/-association cortex, and DL-PFC; (2) intermediate-frequency (800 and 1,600 Hz) regions and brain regions including the anterior/posterior superior temporal sulcus, supramarginal gyrus, and inferior frontal cortex; (3) intermediate/low-frequency regions and vision-related regions; (4) high-frequency (3,200 and 6,400 Hz) regions and the anterior cingulate cortex or left DL-PFC. These findings demonstrate that RS-FC between the HAC and other brain areas is frequency selective.
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- Guangjie Yuan
- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Institute of Affective Computing and Information Processing, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Institute of Affective Computing and Information Processing, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Circuits and Intelligent Information Processing, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Chongqing Brain Science Collaborative Innovation Center, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Music, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Institute of Affective Computing and Information Processing, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Institute of Affective Computing and Information Processing, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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- College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.,Institute of Affective Computing and Information Processing, Southwest University, Chongqing, China
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