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Gehrlach DA, Weiand C, Gaitanos TN, Cho E, Klein AS, Hennrich AA, Conzelmann KK, Gogolla N. A whole-brain connectivity map of mouse insular cortex. eLife 2020; 9:e55585. [PMID: 32940600 PMCID: PMC7538160 DOI: 10.7554/elife.55585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
The insular cortex (IC) plays key roles in emotional and regulatory brain functions and is affected across psychiatric diseases. However, the brain-wide connections of the mouse IC have not been comprehensively mapped. Here, we traced the whole-brain inputs and outputs of the mouse IC across its rostro-caudal extent. We employed cell-type-specific monosynaptic rabies virus tracings to characterize afferent connections onto either excitatory or inhibitory IC neurons, and adeno-associated viral tracings to label excitatory efferent axons. While the connectivity between the IC and other cortical regions was highly bidirectional, the IC connectivity with subcortical structures was often unidirectional, revealing prominent cortical-to-subcortical or subcortical-to-cortical pathways. The posterior and medial IC exhibited resembling connectivity patterns, while the anterior IC connectivity was distinct, suggesting two major functional compartments. Our results provide insights into the anatomical architecture of the mouse IC and thus a structural basis to guide investigations into its complex functions.
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- Daniel A Gehrlach
- Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Circuits for Emotion Research GroupMartinsriedGermany
- International Max-Planck Research School for Molecular Life SciencesMunichGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Circuits for Emotion Research GroupMartinsriedGermany
- International Max-Planck Research School for Translational PsychiatryMunichGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Circuits for Emotion Research GroupMartinsriedGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Circuits for Emotion Research GroupMartinsriedGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Circuits for Emotion Research GroupMartinsriedGermany
- International Max-Planck Research School for Molecular Life SciencesMunichGermany
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- Max von Pettenkofer-Institute and Gene Center, Medical Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilians-University MunichMunichGermany
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- Max von Pettenkofer-Institute and Gene Center, Medical Faculty, Ludwig-Maximilians-University MunichMunichGermany
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- Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Circuits for Emotion Research GroupMartinsriedGermany
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Mizoguchi N, Muramoto K, Kobayashi M. Olfactory signals from the main olfactory bulb converge with taste information from the chorda tympani nerve in the agranular insular cortex of rats. Pflugers Arch 2020; 472:721-732. [PMID: 32458087 DOI: 10.1007/s00424-020-02399-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2019] [Revised: 04/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
Gustation and olfaction are integrated into flavor, which contribute to detection and identification of foods. We focused on the insular cortex (IC), as a possible center of flavor integration, because the IC has been reported to receive olfactory in addition to gustatory inputs. In the present report, we tested the hypothesis that these two chemosensory signals are integrated in the IC. We examined the spatiotemporal dynamics of cortical responses induced by stimulating the chorda tympani nerve (CT) and the main olfactory bulb (mOB) in male Sprague-Dawley rats by in vivo optical imaging with a voltage-sensitive dye (VSD). CT stimulation elicited responses in the rostral part of the dysgranular IC (DI), while responses to mOB stimulation were observed in the agranular IC (AI) as well as in the piriform cortex (PC). To characterize the temporal specificity of these responses, we performed combined mOB and CT stimulation with three different timings: simultaneous stimulation and the stimulation of the mOB 150 ms before or after CT stimulation. Simultaneous stimulation increased the signal amplitude in AI additively. These results indicate that the AI and DI contribute to the convergence of gustatory and olfactory information. Of them the DI predominantly processes the taste information, whereas the AI is more sensitive to the olfactory signal.
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- Naoko Mizoguchi
- Division of Physiology, Department of Human Development and Fostering, Meikai University School of Dentistry, 1-1 Keyaki-dai, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0283, Japan. .,Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan. .,Division of Pharmacology, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences, Meikai University School of Dentistry, 1-1 Keyaki-dai, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0283, Japan.
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- Division of Physiology, Department of Human Development and Fostering, Meikai University School of Dentistry, 1-1 Keyaki-dai, Sakado, Saitama, 350-0283, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan.,Molecular Imaging Research Center, RIKEN, 6-7-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 60-047, Japan
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Anterior insula stimulation suppresses appetitive behavior while inducing forebrain activation in alcohol-preferring rats. Transl Psychiatry 2020; 10:150. [PMID: 32424183 PMCID: PMC7235223 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-0833-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2019] [Revised: 04/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/28/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The anterior insular cortex plays a key role in the representation of interoceptive effects of drug and natural rewards and their integration with attention, executive function, and emotions, making it a potential target region for intervention to control appetitive behaviors. Here, we investigated the effects of chemogenetic stimulation or inhibition of the anterior insula on alcohol and sucrose consumption. Excitatory or inhibitory designer receptors (DREADDs) were expressed in the anterior insula of alcohol-preferring rats by means of adenovirus-mediated gene transfer. Rats had access to either alcohol or sucrose solution during intermittent sessions. To characterize the brain network recruited by chemogenetic insula stimulation we measured brain-wide activation patterns using pharmacological magnetic resonance imaging (phMRI) and c-Fos immunohistochemistry. Anterior insula stimulation by the excitatory Gq-DREADDs significantly attenuated both alcohol and sucrose consumption, whereas the inhibitory Gi-DREADDs had no effects. In contrast, anterior insula stimulation failed to alter locomotor activity or deprivation-induced water drinking. phMRI and c-Fos immunohistochemistry revealed downstream activation of the posterior insula and medial prefrontal cortex, as well as of the mediodorsal thalamus and amygdala. Our results show the critical role of the anterior insula in regulating reward-directed behavior and delineate an insula-centered functional network associated with the effects of insula stimulation. From a translational perspective, our data demonstrate the therapeutic potential of circuit-based interventions and suggest that potentiation of insula excitability with neuromodulatory methods, such as repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), could be useful in the treatment of alcohol use disorders.
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Kim K, Choi S, Cha M, Lee BH. Effects of mTOR inhibitors on neuropathic pain revealed by optical imaging of the insular cortex in rats. Brain Res 2020; 1733:146720. [PMID: 32061737 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2020.146720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 02/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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In the pain matrix, the insular cortex (IC) is mainly involved in discriminative sensory and motivative emotion. Abnormal signal transmission from injury site causes neuropathic pain, which generates enhanced synaptic plasticity. The mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) complex is the key regulator of protein synthesis; it is involved in the modulation of synaptic plasticity. To date, there has been no report on the changes in optical signals in the IC under neuropathic condition after treatment with mTOR inhibitors, such as Torin1 and XL388. Therefore, we aimed to determine the pain-relieving effect of mTOR inhibitors (Torin1 and XL388) and observe the changes in optical signals in the IC after treatment. Mechanical threshold was measured in adult male Sprague-Dawley rats after neuropathic surgery, and therapeutic effect of inhibitors was assessed on post-operative day 7 following the microinjection of Torin1 or XL388 into the IC. Optical signals were acquired to observe the neuronal activity of the IC in response to peripheral stimulation before and after treatment with mTOR inhibitors. Consequently, the inhibitors showed the most effective alleviation 4 h after microinjection into the IC. In optical imaging, peak amplitudes of optical signals and areas of activated regions were reduced after treatment with Torin1 and XL388. However, there were no significant optical signal changes in the IC before and after vehicle application. These findings suggested that Torin1 and XL388 are associated with the alleviation of neuronal activity that is excessively manifested in the IC, and is assumed to diminish synaptic plasticity.
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- Kyeongmin Kim
- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea; Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea; Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea; Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Zama M, Fujita S, Nakaya Y, Tonogi M, Kobayashi M. Preceding Administration of Minocycline Suppresses Plastic Changes in Cortical Excitatory Propagation in the Model Rat With Partial Infraorbital Nerve Ligation. Front Neurol 2019; 10:1150. [PMID: 31749758 PMCID: PMC6848061 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2019.01150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Neuropathic pain is known to be attributable to the injured nerve, a postoperative problem induced by surgery. The infraorbital nerve (ION), a branch of the trigeminal nerve, innervates to the facial and oral regions and conveys somatosensory information to the central nervous system. The partial ligation of ION (pl-ION) is a method to mimic chronic trigeminal neuropathic pain and behavioral abnormality. To counteract induction of such abnormal pain, the effective pharmacological treatment is desired. Although recent studies have revealed the molecular mechanisms regarding chronic pain, estimation of the effectiveness of the pharmacological treatment has not been well-provided especially in the central nervous system so far. Here we examined whether pl-ION induces plastic changes in the cerebral cortex and investigated effects of minocycline on the cortical plastic changes. We performed the pl-ION to Wistar male rats (4–5 weeks old), and confirmed a mechanical nocifensive behavior in response to the mechanical stimulation with von-Frey filaments. The withdrawal threshold to mechanical stimuli of the whisker pad was decreased 1 day (1 d) after pl-ION, which continued up to 14 d after pl-ION, suggesting that pl-ION model rats presented allodynia and enhanced the response sustained at least for 14 d after pl-ION. Next, cerebrocortical activities were evaluated 3 d after pl-ION (3d-pl-ION) by the optical imaging with a voltages-sensitive dye, RH1691, to quantify the response to electrical stimulation of the whisker pad skin, mandibular molar dental pulp, and mentum skin. Electrical stimulation to the whisker pad skin induced smaller excitation in the primary sensory cortex (S1) of 3d-pl-ION in comparison to that in the sham. In contrast, cerebral cortical responses to the mandibular molar dental pulp and mentum skin stimuli increased both in S1, and the secondary somatosensory and insular oral region (S2/IOR) after pl-ION. Administration of minocycline (30 mg/kg/d) from 1 d before to 2 d after pl-ION partially recovered the pl-ION-induced changes in cortical excitation in S1 and S2/IOR in 3d-pl-ION. These results suggest that somatosensory and insular cortical excitation is changed by pl-ION, and the preceding injection of minocycline counteracts the plastic changes in the cortical activities.
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- Manabu Zama
- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.,Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, Japan.,Molecular Dynamics Imaging Unit, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Kobe, Japan
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Rogers-Carter MM, Christianson JP. An insular view of the social decision-making network. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2019; 103:119-132. [PMID: 31194999 PMCID: PMC6699879 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2019.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 05/24/2019] [Accepted: 06/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Social animals must detect, evaluate and respond to the emotional states of other individuals in their group. A constellation of gestures, vocalizations, and chemosignals enable animals to convey affect and arousal to others in nuanced, multisensory ways. Observers integrate social information with environmental and internal factors to select behavioral responses to others via a process call social decision-making. The Social Decision Making Network (SDMN) is a system of brain structures and neurochemicals that are conserved across species (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds) that are the proximal mediators of most social behaviors. However, how sensory information reaches the SDMN to shape behavioral responses during a social encounter is not well known. Here we review the empirical data that demonstrate the necessity of sensory systems in detecting social stimuli, as well as the anatomical connectivity of sensory systems with each node of the SDMN. We conclude that the insular cortex is positioned to link integrated social sensory cues to this network to produce flexible and appropriate behavioral responses to socioemotional cues.
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- Morgan M Rogers-Carter
- Department of Psychology, McGuinn Rm 300, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.
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- Department of Psychology, McGuinn Rm 300, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA, 02467, USA.
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Murayama S, Yamamoto K, Fujita S, Takei H, Inui T, Ogiso B, Kobayashi M. Extracellular glucose-dependent IPSC enhancement by leptin in fast-spiking to pyramidal neuron connections via JAK2-PI3K pathway in the rat insular cortex. Neuropharmacology 2019; 149:133-148. [PMID: 30772375 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.02.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2019] [Revised: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Leptin is produced in the adipocytes and plays a pivotal role in regulation of energy balance by controlling appetite and metabolism. Leptin receptors are widely distributed in the brain, especially in the hypothalamus, hippocampus, and neocortex. The insular cortex (IC) processes gustatory and visceral information, which functionally correlate to feeding behavior. However, it is still an open issue whether and how leptin modulates IC neural activities. Our paired whole-cell patch-clamp recordings using IC slice preparations demonstrated that unitary inhibitory postsynaptic currents (uIPSCs) but not uEPSCs were potentiated by leptin in the connections between pyramidal (PNs) and fast-spiking neurons (FSNs). The leptin-induced increase in uIPSC amplitude was accompanied by a decrease in paired-pulse ratio. Under application of inhibitors of JAK2-PI3K but not MAPK pathway, leptin did not change uIPSC amplitude. Variance-mean analysis revealed that leptin increased the release probability but not the quantal size and the number of release site. These electrophysiological findings suggest that the leptin-induced uIPSC increase is mediated by activation of JAK2-PI3K pathway in presynaptic FSNs. An in vivo optical imaging revealed that leptin application decreased excitatory propagation in IC induced by electrical stimulation of IC. These leptin-induced effects were not observed under the low energy states: low glucose concentration (2.5 mM) in vitro and one-day-fasting condition in vivo. However, leptin enhanced uIPSCs under application of low glucose with an AMPK inhibitor. These results suggest that leptin suppresses IC excitation by facilitating GABA release in FSN→PN connections, which may not occur under a hunger state.
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- Shota Murayama
- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan; Department of Endodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan; Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan; Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan; Department of Pedodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan
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- Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Department of Endodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan; Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan; Molecular Dynamics Imaging Unit, RIKEN Centre for Life Science Technologies, 6-7-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan.
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The gustatory system contributes to the flavor of foods and beverages and communicates information about nutrients and poisons. This system has evolved to detect and ultimately respond to hydrophilic molecules dissolved in saliva. Taste receptor cells, located in taste buds and distributed throughout the oral cavity, activate nerve afferents that project to the brainstem. From here, information propagates to thalamic, subcortical, and cortical areas, where it is integrated with information from other sensory systems and with homeostatic, visceral, and affective processes. There is considerable divergence, as well as convergence, of information between multiple regions of the central nervous system that interact with the taste pathways, with reciprocal connections occurring between the involved regions. These widespread interactions among multiple systems are crucial for the perception of food. For example, memory, hunger, satiety, and visceral changes can directly affect and can be affected by the experience of tasting. In this chapter, we review the literature on the central processing of taste with a specific focus on the anatomic and physiologic responses of single neurons. Emphasis is placed on how information is distributed along multiple systems with the goal of better understanding how the rich and complex sensations associated with flavor emerge from large-scale, systems-wide, interactions.
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Bamji-Stocke S, Biggs BT, Samuelsen CL. Experience-dependent c-Fos expression in the primary chemosensory cortices of the rat. Brain Res 2018; 1701:189-195. [PMID: 30244018 PMCID: PMC6289795 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Eating a new food is a unique event that guides future food choices. A key element for these choices is the perception of flavor (odor-taste associations), a multisensory process dependent upon taste and smell. The two primary cortical areas for taste and smell, gustatory cortex and piriform cortex, are thought to be crucial regions for processing and responding to odor-taste mixtures. To determine how previous experience impacts the primary chemosensory cortices, we compared the expression of the immediate early gene, c-Fos, between rats presented with a taste, an odor, or an odor-taste mixture for the first-time with rats that had many days of prior experience. Compared to rats with prior experience, we found that first-time sampling of all three chemosensory stimuli led to significantly greater c-Fos expression in gustatory cortex. In piriform cortex, only the novel chemosensory stimuli containing odors showed greater c-Fos expression. These results indicate that prior experience with taste, odor, or odor-taste stimuli habituates responses in the primary chemosensory cortices and adds further evidence supporting gustatory cortex as a fundamental node for the integration of gustatory and olfactory signals.
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- Sanaya Bamji-Stocke
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, KY 40202, United States.
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, KY 40202, United States
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, KY 40202, United States.
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Parkes SL, Ravassard PM, Cerpa JC, Wolff M, Ferreira G, Coutureau E. Insular and Ventrolateral Orbitofrontal Cortices Differentially Contribute to Goal-Directed Behavior in Rodents. Cereb Cortex 2018; 28:2313-2325. [PMID: 28541407 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhx132] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/10/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2023] Open
Abstract
The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) has long been considered a critical site in action control. However, recent evidence indicates that the contribution of cortical areas to goal-directed behavior likely extends beyond mPFC. Here, we examine the function of both insular (IC) and ventrolateral orbitofrontal (vlOFC) cortices in action-dependent learning. We used chemogenetics to study the consequences of IC or vlOFC inhibition on acquisition and performance of instrumental actions using the outcome devaluation task. Rats first learned to associate actions with desirable outcomes. Then, one of these outcomes was devalued and we assessed the rats' choice between the 2 actions. Typically, rats will bias their selection towards the action that delivers the still valued outcome. We show that chemogenetic-induced inhibition of IC during choice abolishes goal-directed control whereas inhibition during instrumental acquisition is without effect. IC is therefore necessary for action selection based on current outcome value. By contrast, vlOFC inhibition during acquisition or the choice test impaired goal-directed behavior but only following a shift in the instrumental contingencies. Our results provide clear evidence that vlOFC plays a critical role in action-dependent learning, which challenges the popular idea that this region of OFC is exclusively involved in stimulus-dependent behaviors.
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- Shauna L Parkes
- CNRS, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, UMR 5287, Bordeaux, France
- INRA, Nutrition et Neurobiologie Intégrée, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France
- Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, UMR 5287, Bordeaux, France
- Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, UMR 5287, Bordeaux, France
- Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, UMR 5287, Bordeaux, France
- Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- INRA, Nutrition et Neurobiologie Intégrée, UMR 1286, Bordeaux, France
- Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS, Institut de Neurosciences Cognitives et Intégratives d'Aquitaine, UMR 5287, Bordeaux, France
- Universite de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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Johnson BA, Frostig RD. Long-Range, Border-Crossing, Horizontal Axon Radiations Are a Common Feature of Rat Neocortical Regions That Differ in Cytoarchitecture. Front Neuroanat 2018; 12:50. [PMID: 29977194 PMCID: PMC6021490 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2018.00050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2018] [Accepted: 05/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Employing wide-field optical imaging techniques supported by electrophysiological recordings, previous studies have demonstrated that stimulation of a spatially restricted area (point) in the sensory periphery results in a large evoked neuronal activity spread in mammalian primary cortices. In rats' primary cortices, such large evoked spreads extend diffusely in multiple directions, cross cortical cytoarchitectural borders and can trespass into other unimodal sensory areas. These point spreads are supported by a spatially matching, diffuse set of long-range horizontal projections within gray matter that extend in multiple directions and cross borders to interconnect different cortical areas. This horizontal projection system is in addition to well-known area-to-area clustered projections to defined targets through white matter. Could similar two-projection cortical systems also be found in cortical regions that differ in their cytoarchitectural structure? To address this question, an adeno-associated viral vector expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) was injected as an anterograde tract tracer into granular somatosensory cortex (trunk area), dysgranular cortex (somatosensory dysgranular zone and extrastriate cortex) and agranular motor cortex (MCx). Irrespective of the injection site the same two projection systems were found, and their quantification revealed a close similarity to findings in primary sensory cortices. Following detailed reconstruction, the diffuse horizontal axon radiation was found to possess numerous varicosities and to include short, medium and long axons, the latter extending up to 5.2 mm. These "proof of concept" findings suggest that the similarity of the two projection systems among different cortical areas could potentially constitute a canonical motif of neocortical organization.
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- Brett A Johnson
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States.,The Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, United States
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Orthodontic tooth movement is accompanied by inflammatory responses in the periodontal ligament. Chemical mediators such as interleukin-1β have key roles in nociception around teeth. Such nociceptive inputs to the periodontal ligament continue for several days and potentially induce plastic changes in higher brain regions, including the cerebral cortex. This review summarizes research on orthodontic treatment-induced modulation of neural activities in the central nervous system. Furthermore, we describe our recent findings on the spatiotemporal effects of orthodontic treatment in the somatosensory and insular cortices.
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- Masayuki Kobayashi
- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry.,Molecular Imaging Research Center, RIKEN
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry.,Department of Orthodontics, Nihon University School of Dentistry
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Takei H, Yamamoto K, Bae YC, Shirakawa T, Kobayashi M. Histamine H 3 Heteroreceptors Suppress Glutamatergic and GABAergic Synaptic Transmission in the Rat Insular Cortex. Front Neural Circuits 2017; 11:85. [PMID: 29170631 PMCID: PMC5684127 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2017.00085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Histamine H3 receptors are autoreceptors that regulate histamine release from histaminergic neuronal terminals. The cerebral cortex, including the insular cortex (IC), expresses abundant H3 receptors; however, the functions and mechanisms of H3 receptors remain unknown. The aim of this study was to elucidate the functional roles of H3 in synaptic transmission in layer V of the rat IC. Unitary excitatory and inhibitory postsynaptic currents (uEPSCs and uIPSCs) were obtained through paired whole-cell patch-clamp recording in cerebrocortical slice preparations. The H3 receptor agonist, R-α-methylhistamine (RAMH), reduced the uEPSC amplitude obtained from pyramidal cell to pyramidal cell or GABAergic interneuron connections. Similarly, RAMH reduced the uIPSC amplitude in GABAergic interneuron to pyramidal cell connections. RAMH-induced decreases in both the uEPSC and uIPSC amplitudes were accompanied by increases in the failure rate and paired-pulse ratio. JNJ 5207852 dihydrochloride or thioperamide, H3 receptor antagonists, inhibited RAMH-induced suppression of uEPSCs and uIPSCs. Unexpectedly, thioperamide alone increased the uIPSC amplitude, suggesting that thioperamide was likely to act as an inverse agonist. Miniature EPSC or IPSC recordings support the hypothesis that the activation of H3 receptors suppresses the release of glutamate and GABA from presynaptic terminals. The colocalization of H3 receptors and glutamate decarboxylase or vesicular glutamate transport protein 1 in presynaptic axon terminals was confirmed through double pre-embedding microscopy, using a combination of pre-embedding immunogold and immunoperoxidase techniques. The suppressive regulation of H3 heteroreceptors on synaptic transmission might mediate the regulation of sensory information processes, such as gustation and visceral sensation, in the IC.
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- Hiroki Takei
- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Japan.,Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Japan.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Japan
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- Department of Oral Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, South Korea
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- Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Japan.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Chiyoda-ku, Japan.,Molecular Dynamics Imaging Unit, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, Kobe, Japan
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Yiannakas A, Rosenblum K. The Insula and Taste Learning. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:335. [PMID: 29163022 PMCID: PMC5676397 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The sense of taste is a key component of the sensory machinery, enabling the evaluation of both the safety as well as forming associations regarding the nutritional value of ingestible substances. Indicative of the salience of the modality, taste conditioning can be achieved in rodents upon a single pairing of a tastant with a chemical stimulus inducing malaise. This robust associative learning paradigm has been heavily linked with activity within the insular cortex (IC), among other regions, such as the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex. A number of studies have demonstrated taste memory formation to be dependent on protein synthesis at the IC and to correlate with the induction of signaling cascades involved in synaptic plasticity. Taste learning has been shown to require the differential involvement of dopaminergic GABAergic, glutamatergic, muscarinic neurotransmission across an extended taste learning circuit. The subsequent activation of downstream protein kinases (ERK, CaMKII), transcription factors (CREB, Elk-1) and immediate early genes (c-fos, Arc), has been implicated in the regulation of the different phases of taste learning. This review discusses the relevant neurotransmission, molecular signaling pathways and genetic markers involved in novel and aversive taste learning, with a particular focus on the IC. Imaging and other studies in humans have implicated the IC in the pathophysiology of a number of cognitive disorders. We conclude that the IC participates in circuit-wide computations that modulate the interception and encoding of sensory information, as well as the formation of subjective internal representations that control the expression of motivated behaviors.
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- Adonis Yiannakas
- Sagol Department of Neuroscience, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Sagol Department of Neuroscience, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
- Center for Gene Manipulation in the Brain, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Fujita S, Kaneko M, Nakamura H, Kobayashi M. Spatiotemporal Profiles of Proprioception Processed by the Masseter Muscle Spindles in Rat Cerebral Cortex: An Optical Imaging Study. Front Neural Circuits 2017; 11:4. [PMID: 28194098 PMCID: PMC5276849 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2017.00004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2016] [Accepted: 01/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Muscle spindles in the jaw-closing muscles, which are innervated by trigeminal mesencephalic neurons (MesV neurons), control the strength of occlusion and the position of the mandible. The mechanisms underlying cortical processing of proprioceptive information are critical to understanding how sensory information from the masticatory muscles regulates orofacial motor function. However, these mechanisms are mostly unknown. The present study aimed to identify the regions that process proprioception of the jaw-closing muscles using in vivo optical imaging with a voltage-sensitive dye in rats under urethane anesthesia. First, jaw opening that was produced by mechanically pulling down the mandible evoked an optical response, which reflects neural excitation, in two cortical regions: the most rostroventral part of the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) and the border between the ventral part of the secondary somatosensory cortex (S2) and the insular oral region (IOR). The kinetics of the optical signal, including the latency, amplitude, rise time, decay time and half duration, in the S1 region for the response with the largest amplitude were comparable to those in the region with the largest response in S2/IOR. Second, we visualized the regions responding to electrical stimulation of the masseter nerve, which activates both motor efferent fibers and somatosensory afferent fibers, including those that transmit nociceptive and proprioceptive information. Masseter nerve stimulation initially excited the rostral part of the S2/IOR region, and an adjacent region responded to jaw opening. The caudal part of the region showing the maximum response overlapped with the region responding to jaw opening, whereas the rostral part overlapped with the region responding to electrical stimulation of the maxillary and mandibular molar pulps. These findings suggest that proprioception of the masseter is processed in S1 and S2/IOR. Other sensory information, such as nociception, is processed in a region that is adjacent to these pulpal regions and is located in the rostral part of S2/IOR, which receives nociceptive inputs from the molar pulps. The spatial proximity of these regions may be associated with the mechanisms by which masseter muscle pain is incorrectly perceived as dental pain.
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- Satoshi Fujita
- Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Nihon UniversityTokyo, Japan; Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, Nihon UniversityTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Nihon UniversityTokyo, Japan; Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Nihon UniversityTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Nihon UniversityTokyo, Japan; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Nihon UniversityTokyo, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Dentistry, Nihon UniversityTokyo, Japan; Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, Nihon UniversityTokyo, Japan; Molecular Dynamics Imaging Unit, RIKEN Center for Life Science TechnologiesKobe, Japan
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Opioid subtype- and cell-type-dependent regulation of inhibitory synaptic transmission in the rat insular cortex. Neuroscience 2016; 339:478-490. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2016.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Han J, Cha M, Kwon M, Hong SK, Bai SJ, Lee BH. In vivo voltage-sensitive dye imaging of the insular cortex in nerve-injured rats. Neurosci Lett 2016; 634:146-152. [PMID: 27737808 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2016] [Revised: 10/07/2016] [Accepted: 10/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The insular cortex (IC) is a pain-related brain region that receives various types of sensory input and processes the emotional aspects of pain. The present study was conducted to investigate spatiotemporal patterns related to neuroplastic changes in the IC after nerve injury using voltage-sensitive dye imaging. The tibial and sural nerves of rats were injured under pentobarbital anesthesia. To observe optical signals in the IC, rats were re-anesthetized with urethane 7days after injury, and a craniectomy was performed to allow for optical imaging. Optical signals of the IC were elicited by peripheral electrical stimulation. Neuropathic rats showed a significantly higher optical intensity following 5.0mA electrical stimulation compared to sham-injured rats. A larger area of activation was observed by 1.25 and 2.5mA electrical stimulation compared to sham-injured rats. The activated areas tended to be larger, and the peak amplitudes of optical signals increased with increasing stimulation intensity in both groups. These results suggest that the elevated responsiveness of the IC to peripheral stimulation is related to neuropathic pain, and that neuroplastic changes are likely to be involved in the IC after nerve injury.
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- Jeongsoo Han
- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea; Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea; Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Bio and Health Sciences, Mokwon University, Daejeon 35349, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Physiology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea; Brain Korea 21 PLUS Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Mizoguchi N, Kobayashi M, Muramoto K. Integration of olfactory and gustatory chemosignals in the insular cortex. J Oral Biosci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.job.2016.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Yokota E, Koyanagi Y, Nakamura H, Horinuki E, Oi Y, Kobayashi M. Opposite effects of mu and delta opioid receptor agonists on excitatory propagation induced in rat somatosensory and insular cortices by dental pulp stimulation. Neurosci Lett 2016; 628:52-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2016.05.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2016] [Revised: 05/20/2016] [Accepted: 05/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Chronic Methamphetamine Effects on Brain Structure and Function in Rats. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0155457. [PMID: 27275601 PMCID: PMC4898739 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155457] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Methamphetamine (MA) addiction is a growing epidemic worldwide. Chronic MA use has been shown to lead to neurotoxicity in rodents and humans. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies in MA users have shown enlarged striatal volumes and positron emission tomography (PET) studies have shown decreased brain glucose metabolism (BGluM) in the striatum of detoxified MA users. The present study examines structural changes of the brain, observes microglial activation, and assesses changes in brain function, in response to chronic MA treatment. Rats were randomly split into three distinct treatment groups and treated daily for four months, via i.p. injection, with saline (controls), or low dose (LD) MA (4 mg/kg), or high dose (HD) MA (8 mg/kg). Sixteen weeks into the treatment period, rats were injected with a glucose analog, [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), and their brains were scanned with micro-PET to assess regional BGluM. At the end of MA treatment, magnetic resonance imaging at 21T was performed on perfused rats to determine regional brain volume and in vitro [3H]PK 11195 autoradiography was performed on fresh-frozen brain tissue to measure microglia activation. When compared with controls, chronic HD MA-treated rats had enlarged striatal volumes and increases in [3H]PK 11195 binding in striatum, the nucleus accumbens, frontal cortical areas, the rhinal cortices, and the cerebellar nuclei. FDG microPET imaging showed that LD MA-treated rats had higher BGluM in insular and somatosensory cortices, face sensory nucleus of the thalamus, and brainstem reticular formation, while HD MA-treated rats had higher BGluM in primary and higher order somatosensory and the retrosplenial cortices, compared with controls. HD and LD MA-treated rats had lower BGluM in the tail of the striatum, rhinal cortex, and subiculum and HD MA also had lower BGluM in hippocampus than controls. These results corroborate clinical findings and help further examine the mechanisms behind MA-induced neurotoxicity.
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Cardiovascular and single-unit responses to L-glutamate injection into the posterior insular cortex in rat. Neuroscience 2015; 306:63-73. [PMID: 26297894 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2015.08.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 08/10/2015] [Accepted: 08/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The insular cortex in rat is a longitudinal strip that runs along the rostral half of the rhinal fissure. The previous studies showed connections between the posterior insular cortex (PIC) and some major cardiovascular centers. Based on the stimulation site, electrical or chemical stimulation of the PIC induced an increase or a decrease in blood pressure (BP) and heart rate (HR). There is no report of simultaneous cardiovascular and single-unit recording microinjection of Glut in the PIC. In this study, L-glutamate was microinjected into the PIC of urethane anesthetized rats and arterial pressure, HR and single-unit responses were recorded simultaneously. Also the response of the neurons to baroreceptor activation was explored. Glut produced five types of long oscillatory, pressor, depressor, bradycardic and tachycardic cardiovascular responses, with no association between pressure and HR responses. We also observed five single-unit responses, consisting of short excitatory, long oscillatory, excitatory, inhibitory and mixed responses. There was an association between oscillation in BP and in single-unit response. There were some differences between the two sides especially for single-unit responses. In conclusion, there were five types of cardiovascular and five types of single-unit responses, to Glut microinjection into PIC, from which three types were correlated. The left side of the PIC is involved more in the cardiovascular functions. These data along with the fact that most recorded neurons responded to baroreceptor activation, might imply the presence of feedback systems in the PIC, producing irregularity in BP and HR.
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Nakamura H, Kato R, Shirakawa T, Koshikawa N, Kobayashi M. Spatiotemporal profiles of dental pulp nociception in rat cerebral cortex: an optical imaging study. J Comp Neurol 2015; 523:1162-74. [PMID: 25308210 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Revised: 10/07/2014] [Accepted: 10/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Somatosensation is topographically organized in the primary (S1) and secondary somatosensory cortex (S2), which contributes to identify the region receiving sensory inputs. However, it is still unknown how somatosensory inputs from the oral region, especially nociceptive inputs from the teeth, are processed in the somatosensory cortex. We performed in vivo optical imaging and identified the precise cortical regions responding to electrical stimulation of the maxillary and mandibular dental pulp in rats. Electrical stimulation of the mandibular incisor pulp evoked neural excitation in two areas: the most rostroventral part of S1, and the ventral part of S2 caudal to the middle cerebral artery. Maxillary incisor pulp stimulation initially evoked responses only in the ventral part of S2, although later maximum responses were also observed in S1 similar to mandibular incisor stimulation responses. The maxillary and mandibular molar pulp-responding regions were located in the most ventral S2, a part of which was histologically classified as the insular oral region (IOR). In terms of the initial responses, maxillary incisor and molar stimulation induced excitation in the S2/IOR rostral to the mandibular dental pulp-responding region. Contrary to the spatially segregated initial responses, the maximum excitatory areas responding to both incisors and molars in the mandible and maxilla overlapped in S1 and the S2/IOR. Multielectrode extracellular recording supported the characteristic localization of S2/IOR neurons responding to mandibular and maxillary molar pulp stimulation. The discrete and overlapped spatial profiles of initial and maximum responses, respectively, may characterize nociceptive information processing of dental pain in the cortex.
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- Hiroko Nakamura
- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan; Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Nihon University School of Dentistry, Tokyo, 101-8310, Japan
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Fujita S, Mizoguchi N, Aoki R, Cui Y, Koshikawa N, Kobayashi M. Cytoarchitecture-Dependent Decrease in Propagation Velocity of Cortical Spreading Depression in the Rat Insular Cortex Revealed by Optical Imaging. Cereb Cortex 2015; 26:1580-1589. [PMID: 25595184 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhu336] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Cortical spreading depression (SD) is a self-propagating wave of depolarization accompanied by a substantial disturbance of the ionic distribution between the intra- and extracellular compartments. Glial cells, including astrocytes, play critical roles in maintenance of the extracellular environment, including ionic distribution. Therefore, SD propagation in the cerebral cortex may depend on the density of astrocytes. The present study aimed to examine the profile of SD propagation in the insular cortex (IC), which is located between the neocortex and paleocortex and is where the density of astrocytes gradually changes. The velocity of SD propagation in the neocortex, including the somatosensory, motor, and granular insular cortices (5.7 mm/min), was higher than that (2.8 mm/min) in the paleocortex (agranular insular and piriform cortices). Around thick vessels, including the middle cerebral artery, SD propagation was frequently delayed and sometimes disappeared. Immunohistological analysis of glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) demonstrated the sparse distribution of astrocytes in the somatosensory cortex and the IC dorsal to the rhinal fissure, whereas the ventral IC showed a higher density of astrocytes. These results suggest that cortical cytoarchitectonic features, which possibly involve the distribution of astrocytes, are crucial for regulating the velocity of SD propagation in the cerebral cortex.
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- Satoshi Fujita
- Department of Pharmacology, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan.,Division of Physiology, Department of Human Development and Fostering
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- Department of Pharmacology, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan.,Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences, Meikai University School of Dentistry, 1-1 Keyakidai, Sakado, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
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- Molecular Dynamics Imaging Unit, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, 6-7-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan
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- Department of Pharmacology, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan.,Division of Oral and Craniomaxillofacial Research, Dental Research Center, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan.,Molecular Dynamics Imaging Unit, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, 6-7-3 Minatojima-minamimachi, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 650-0047, Japan
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Wagner FB, Truccolo W, Wang J, Nurmikko AV. Spatiotemporal dynamics of optogenetically induced and spontaneous seizure transitions in primary generalized epilepsy. J Neurophysiol 2014; 113:2321-41. [PMID: 25552645 DOI: 10.1152/jn.01040.2014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2014] [Accepted: 12/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Transitions into primary generalized epileptic seizures occur abruptly and synchronously across the brain. Their potential triggers remain unknown. We used optogenetics to causally test the hypothesis that rhythmic population bursting of excitatory neurons in a local neocortical region can rapidly trigger absence seizures. Most previous studies have been purely correlational, and it remains unclear whether epileptiform events induced by rhythmic stimulation (e.g., sensory/electrical) mimic actual spontaneous seizures, especially regarding their spatiotemporal dynamics. In this study, we used a novel combination of intracortical optogenetic stimulation and microelectrode array recordings in freely moving WAG/Rij rats, a model of absence epilepsy with a cortical focus in the somatosensory cortex (SI). We report three main findings: 1) Brief rhythmic bursting, evoked by optical stimulation of neocortical excitatory neurons at frequencies around 10 Hz, induced seizures consisting of self-sustained spike-wave discharges (SWDs) for about 10% of stimulation trials. The probability of inducing seizures was frequency-dependent, reaching a maximum at 10 Hz. 2) Local field potential power before stimulation and response amplitudes during stimulation both predicted seizure induction, demonstrating a modulatory effect of brain states and neural excitation levels. 3) Evoked responses during stimulation propagated as cortical waves, likely reaching the cortical focus, which in turn generated self-sustained SWDs after stimulation was terminated. Importantly, SWDs during induced and spontaneous seizures propagated with the same spatiotemporal dynamics. Our findings demonstrate that local rhythmic bursting of excitatory neurons in neocortex at particular frequencies, under susceptible ongoing brain states, is sufficient to trigger primary generalized seizures with stereotypical spatiotemporal dynamics.
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- Fabien B Wagner
- Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island;
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- Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; and Center for Neurorestoration and Neurotechnology, Department of Veterans Affairs, Providence, Rhode Island
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- School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
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- Department of Neuroscience, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Institute for Brain Science, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; and
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High-resolution lesion-mapping strategy links a hot spot in rat insular cortex with impaired expression of taste aversion learning. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:1162-7. [PMID: 24395785 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1315624111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Gustatory cortex (GC), an assemblage of taste-responsive neurons in insular cortex, is widely regarded as integral to conditioned taste aversion (CTA) retention, a link that has been primarily established using lesion approaches in rats. In contrast to this prevailing view, we found that even the most complete bilateral damage to GC produced by ibotenic acid was insufficient to disrupt postsurgical expression of a presurgical CTA; nor were such lesions sufficient to disrupt postsurgical acquisition and initial expression of a second CTA. However, some rats with lesions were significantly impaired on these tests. Further examination of all conditioned rats with lesions, regardless of the lesion topography, revealed a significant positive association between damage in the posterior portion of GC and especially within adjacent posterior regions of insular cortex. Accordingly, we developed a high-resolution lesion-mapping program that permitted the overlay of the individual lesion maps from rats with CTA impairments to produce a groupwise aggregate lesion map. Comparison of this map with one derived from the unimpaired counterparts indicated a specific lesion "hot spot" associated with CTA deficits that included the most posterior end of GC and overlying granular layer and encompassed an area provisionally referred to in the literature as visceral cortex. Thus, the detailed mapping of the lesion in behaviorally defined subgroups of rats allowed us to exploit the variability in performance to uncloak an important potential component of the functional topography of insular cortex; such an approach could have general applicability to other brain structure-function endeavors as well.
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Adachi K, Fujita S, Yoshida A, Sakagami H, Koshikawa N, Kobayashi M. Anatomical and electrophysiological mechanisms for asymmetrical excitatory propagation in the rat insular cortex: in vivo optical imaging and whole-cell patch-clamp studies. J Comp Neurol 2013; 521:1598-613. [PMID: 23124629 DOI: 10.1002/cne.23246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2012] [Revised: 08/28/2012] [Accepted: 10/25/2012] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The insular cortex (IC) integrates limbic information from the amygdala and hypothalamic nucleus to multimodal sensory inputs, including visceral, gustatory, and somatosensory information. However, the functional framework of excitation in the IC is still unknown. We performed optical imaging and single pyramidal neuronal staining using a whole-cell patch-clamp technique in urethane-anesthetized rats to elucidate the precise anatomical and physiological features of IC pyramidal neurons, which regulate cortical information processing via their horizontal connections. Optical imaging revealed that electrical stimulation of the granular (GI) or dysgranular (DI) IC elicited characteristic excitatory propagations along the rostrocaudal axis parallel to the rhinal fissure, with a preference toward the rostral direction. Spatial patterns of the dendrites and axons of layer II/III pyramidal cells in the DI/GI support these functional features of excitation; for example, rostrocaudal axonal arbors tend to extend with a rostral directional preference. The mean length of the axons from the soma to the farthest site rostrally was ∼50% longer than that of the caudal length. Pyramidal cells in the DI/GI exhibited spontaneous membrane oscillation in the UP and DOWN states. Similarly to the evoked signals obtained by optical imaging, repetitive electrical stimulation of the caudal IC ∼1 mm away from the recorded cells (five pulses at 50 Hz) induced the summation of evoked excitatory postsynaptic potentials during the DOWN state and profound inhibitory postsynaptic potentials during the UP state. Clarification of the excitation feature with its cellular basis provides new clues about the functional mechanisms of the asymmetric propagation of neural activities in the IC.
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- Kazunori Adachi
- Division of Pharmacology, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama 350-0283, Japan
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Zheng TW, O'Brien TJ, Morris MJ, Reid CA, Jovanovska V, O'Brien P, van Raay L, Gandrathi AK, Pinault D. Rhythmic neuronal activity in S2 somatosensory and insular cortices contribute to the initiation of absence-related spike-and-wave discharges. Epilepsia 2012; 53:1948-58. [PMID: 23083325 DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03720.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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PURPOSE The origin of bilateral synchronous spike-and-wave discharges (SWDs) that underlie absence seizures has been widely debated. Studies in genetic rodent models suggest that SWDs originate from a restricted region in the somatosensory cortex. The properties of this initiation site remain unknown. Our goal was to characterize the interictal, preictal and ictal neuronal activity in the primary and secondary cortical regions (S1, S2) and in the adjacent insular cortex (IC) in Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg (GAERS). METHODS We performed electroencephalography (EEG) recordings in combination with multisite local field potential (LFP) and single cell juxtacellular recordings, and cortical electrical stimulations, in freely moving rats and those under neurolept-anesthesia. KEY FINDINGS The onset of the SWDs was preceded by 5-9 Hz field potential oscillations, which were detected earlier in S2 and IC than in S1. Sustained SWDs could be triggered by a 2-s train of 7-Hz electrical stimuli at a lower current intensity in S2 than in S1. In S2 and IC, subsets of neurons displayed rhythmic firing (5-9 Hz) in between seizures. S2 and IC layers V and VI neurons fired during the same time window, whereas in S1 layer VI, neurons fired before layer V neurons. Just before the spike component of each SW complex, short-lasting high-frequency oscillations consistently occurred in IC ∼20 msec before S1. SIGNIFICANCE Our findings demonstrate that the S2/IC cortical areas are a critical component of the macro-network that is responsible for the generation of absence-related SWDs.
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- Thomas W Zheng
- Departments of Medicine, Surgery and Neurology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3050, Australia
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Neural processing of gustatory information in insular circuits. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2012; 22:709-16. [PMID: 22554880 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2012.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2012] [Revised: 04/03/2012] [Accepted: 04/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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The insular cortex is the primary cortical site devoted to taste processing. A large body of evidence is available for how insular neurons respond to gustatory stimulation in both anesthetized and behaving animals. Most of the reports describe broadly tuned neurons that are involved in processing the chemosensory, physiological and psychological aspects of gustatory experience. However little is known about how these neural responses map onto insular circuits. Particularly mysterious is the functional role of the three subdivisions of the insular cortex: the granular, the dysgranular and the agranular insular cortices. In this article we review data on the organization of the local and long-distance circuits in the three subdivisions. The functional significance of these results is discussed in light of the latest electrophysiological data. A view of the insular cortex as a functionally integrated system devoted to processing gustatory, multimodal, cognitive and affective information is proposed.
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Fornari RV, Wichmann R, Atucha E, Desprez T, Eggens-Meijer E, Roozendaal B. Involvement of the insular cortex in regulating glucocorticoid effects on memory consolidation of inhibitory avoidance training. Front Behav Neurosci 2012; 6:10. [PMID: 22435055 PMCID: PMC3304473 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Accepted: 02/28/2012] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids are known to enhance the consolidation of memory of emotionally arousing experiences by acting upon a network of interconnected brain regions. Although animal studies typically do not consider the insular cortex (IC) to be part of this network, the present findings indicate that the IC is importantly involved in regulating glucocorticoid effects on memory consolidation of emotionally arousing inhibitory avoidance training. The specific glucocorticoid receptor (GR) agonist RU 28362 (3 or 10 ng in 0.5 μl) infused bilaterally into the IC of male Sprague-Dawley rats immediately after one-trial inhibitory avoidance training dose-dependently enhanced 48 h retention performance. Moreover, training on the inhibitory avoidance task increased neuronal activity of the IC, as assessed by an increased number of cells expressing immunoreactivity for phosphorylated extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (pERK1/2). However, systemic administration of a memory-enhancing dose of corticosterone (1 mg/kg) after inhibitory avoidance training rapidly reduced the number of pERK1/2-positive cells in the IC, suggesting that glucocorticoid administration reduces overall neuronal activity of the IC. To investigate which components of the inhibitory avoidance training experience were influenced by the intra-IC glucocorticoid administration, in the last experiment rats were trained on a modified inhibitory avoidance task in which context exposure and footshock training occur on two sequential days. RU 28362 administration into the IC enhanced later retention when infused immediately after either the context or footshock training. Thus, these findings indicate that the IC mediates glucocorticoid effects on the consolidation of memory of different components of inhibitory avoidance training and suggest that the IC might be an important element of the rodent brain network involved in emotional regulation of learning and memory.
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- Raquel V. Fornari
- Department of Neuroscience, Section Anatomy, University Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
- Núcleo de Cognição e Sistemas Complexos, Centro de Matemática, Computação e Cognição, Universidade Federal do ABC, Santo AndréSP, Brasil
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section Anatomy, University Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section Anatomy, University Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section Anatomy, University Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section Anatomy, University Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neuroscience, Section Anatomy, University Medical Center Groningen, University of GroningenGroningen, Netherlands
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Fujita S, Kitayama T, Mizoguchi N, Oi Y, Koshikawa N, Kobayashi M. Spatiotemporal profiles of transcallosal connections in rat insular cortex revealed by in vivo optical imaging. Neuroscience 2012; 206:201-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2011] [Revised: 01/06/2012] [Accepted: 01/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gal-Ben-Ari S, Rosenblum K. Molecular mechanisms underlying memory consolidation of taste information in the cortex. Front Behav Neurosci 2012; 5:87. [PMID: 22319481 PMCID: PMC3251832 DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2011.00087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2011] [Accepted: 12/12/2011] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The senses of taste and odor are both chemical senses. However, whereas an organism can detect an odor at a relatively long distance from its source, taste serves as the ultimate proximate gatekeeper of food intake: it helps in avoiding poisons and consuming beneficial substances. The automatic reaction to a given taste has been developed during evolution and is well adapted to conditions that may occur with high probability during the lifetime of an organism. However, in addition to this automatic reaction, animals can learn and remember tastes, together with their positive or negative values, with high precision and in light of minimal experience. This ability of mammalians to learn and remember tastes has been studied extensively in rodents through application of reasonably simple and well defined behavioral paradigms. The learning process follows a temporal continuum similar to those of other memories: acquisition, consolidation, retrieval, relearning, and reconsolidation. Moreover, inhibiting protein synthesis in the gustatory cortex (GC) specifically affects the consolidation phase of taste memory, i.e., the transformation of short- to long-term memory, in keeping with the general biochemical definition of memory consolidation. This review aims to present a general background of taste learning, and to focus on recent findings regarding the molecular mechanisms underlying taste–memory consolidation in the GC. Specifically, the roles of neurotransmitters, neuromodulators, immediate early genes, and translation regulation are addressed.
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Fujita S, Koshikawa N, Kobayashi M. GABAB receptors accentuate neural excitation contrast in rat insular cortex. Neuroscience 2011; 199:259-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2011.09.043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2011] [Revised: 09/17/2011] [Accepted: 09/20/2011] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Unal G, Apergis-Schoute J, Paré D. Associative properties of the perirhinal network. Cereb Cortex 2011; 22:1318-32. [PMID: 21841156 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The perirhinal area is a rostrocaudally oriented cortical region involved in recognition and associative memory. It receives topographically organized transverse projections from high-order neocortical areas and is endowed with intrinsic longitudinal connections that distribute neocortical inputs rostrocaudally. Earlier work has revealed that neocortical inputs strongly recruit perirhinal interneurons located at the same transverse level, limiting the depolarization of principal cells. In contrast, at a distance, neocortical stimuli only evoke excitation because longitudinal perirhinal pathways do not engage interneurons. This raises the possibility that the perirhinal network allows for Hebbian-like associative interactions between coincident and spatially distributed inputs. To test this, we analyzed the effects of theta-frequency neocortical stimulation using simultaneous field potential recordings and optical imaging in the whole guinea pig brain in vitro. Theta-frequency stimulation (TFS) at one neocortical site resulted in a prolonged input-specific response depression at all perirhinal levels. In contrast, paired TFS of 2 distant neocortical sites resulted in a prolonged response potentiation to the paired inputs, suggesting that longitudinal perirhinal connections can support associative interactions between coincident but spatially distributed inputs. Moreover, we found that induction of these 2 forms of plasticity depended on the competing influence of glutamate group I metabotropic and NMDA receptors, respectively.
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- Gunes Unal
- Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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Mizoguchi N, Fujita S, Koshikawa N, Kobayashi M. Spatiotemporal dynamics of long-term potentiation in rat insular cortex revealed by optical imaging. Neurobiol Learn Mem 2011; 96:468-78. [PMID: 21855644 DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2011] [Revised: 07/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/25/2011] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Long-term potentiation (LTP) of the gustatory cortex (GC), a part of the insular cortex (IC) around the middle cerebral artery, is a key process of gustatory learning and memory, including conditioned taste aversion learning. The rostral (rGC) and caudal GC (cGC) process different tastes; the rGC responds to hedonic and the cGC responds to aversive tastes. However, plastic changes of spatial interaction of excitatory propagation between the rGC and cGC remain unknown. The present study aimed to elucidate spatiotemporal profiles of excitatory propagation, induced by electrical stimulation (five train pulses) of the rGC/cGC before and after LTP induction, using in vivo optical imaging with a voltage-sensitive dye. We demonstrated that tetanic stimulation of the cGC induced long-lasting expansion of the excitation responding to five train stimulation of the cGC, and an increase in amplitude of optical signals in the IC. Excitatory propagation after LTP induction spread preferentially toward the rostral IC: the length constant (λ) of excitation, obtained by fitting optical signals with a monoexponential curve, was increased to 121.9% in the rostral direction, whereas λ for the caudal, dorsal, and ventral directions were 48.9%, 44.2%, and 62.5%, respectively. LTP induction was prevented by pre-application of D-APV, an NMDA receptor antagonist, or atropine, a muscarinic receptor antagonist, to the cortical surface. In contrast, rGC stimulation induced only slight LTP without direction preference. Considering the different roles of the rGC and cGC in gustatory processing, these characteristic patterns of LTP in the GC may be involved in a mechanism underlying conversion of palatability.
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- Naoko Mizoguchi
- Department of Pharmacology, Nihon University School of Dentistry, 1-8-13 Kanda-Surugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8310, Japan
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Stone ME, Maffei A, Fontanini A. Amygdala stimulation evokes time-varying synaptic responses in the gustatory cortex of anesthetized rats. Front Integr Neurosci 2011; 5:3. [PMID: 21503144 PMCID: PMC3071977 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2011] [Accepted: 03/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Gustatory stimuli are characterized by a specific hedonic value; they are either palatable or aversive. Hedonic value, along with other psychological dimensions of tastes, is coded in the time-course of gustatory cortex (GC) neural responses and appears to emerge via top-down modulation by the basolateral amygdala (BLA). While the importance of BLA in modulating gustatory cortical function has been well established, the nature of its input onto GC neurons is largely unknown. Somewhat conflicting results from extracellular recordings point to either excitatory or inhibitory effects. Here, we directly test the hypothesis that BLA can evoke time-varying - excitatory and inhibitory - synaptic responses in GC using in vivo intracellular recording techniques in urethane anesthetized rats. Electrical stimulation of BLA evoked a post-synaptic potential (PSP) in GC neurons that resulted from a combination of short and long latency components: an initial monosynaptic, glutamatergic potential followed by a multisynaptic, GABAergic hyperpolarization. As predicted by the dynamic nature of amygdala evoked potentials, trains of five BLA stimuli at rates that mimic physiological firing rates (5-40 Hz) evoke a combination of excitation and inhibition in GC cells. The magnitude of the different components varies depending on the frequency of stimulation, with summation of excitatory and inhibitory inputs reaching its maximum at higher frequencies. These experiments provide the first description of BLA synaptic inputs to GC and reveal that amygdalar afferents can modulate gustatory cortical network activity and its processing of sensory information via time-varying synaptic dynamics.
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- Martha E Stone
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY, USA
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Macroscopic Connection Of Rat Insular Cortex: Anatomical Bases Underlying Its Physiological Functions. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF NEUROBIOLOGY 2011; 97:285-303. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-385198-7.00011-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Pilocarpine-induced status epilepticus causes acute interneuron loss and hyper-excitatory propagation in rat insular cortex. Neuroscience 2010; 166:341-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.12.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2009] [Revised: 12/07/2009] [Accepted: 12/08/2009] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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