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Bond K, Rasero J, Madan R, Bahuguna J, Rubin J, Verstynen T. Competing neural representations of choice shape evidence accumulation in humans. eLife 2023; 12:e85223. [PMID: 37818943 PMCID: PMC10624421 DOI: 10.7554/elife.85223] [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: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Making adaptive choices in dynamic environments requires flexible decision policies. Previously, we showed how shifts in outcome contingency change the evidence accumulation process that determines decision policies. Using in silico experiments to generate predictions, here we show how the cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic (CBGT) circuits can feasibly implement shifts in decision policies. When action contingencies change, dopaminergic plasticity redirects the balance of power, both within and between action representations, to divert the flow of evidence from one option to another. When competition between action representations is highest, the rate of evidence accumulation is the lowest. This prediction was validated in in vivo experiments on human participants, using fMRI, which showed that (1) evoked hemodynamic responses can reliably predict trial-wise choices and (2) competition between action representations, measured using a classifier model, tracked with changes in the rate of evidence accumulation. These results paint a holistic picture of how CBGT circuits manage and adapt the evidence accumulation process in mammals.
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Affiliation(s)
- Krista Bond
- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghUnited States
- Center for the Neural Basis of CognitionPittsburghUnited States
- Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience InstitutePittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Biomedical and Health Informatics, University of WashingtonSeattleUnited States
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- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghUnited States
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- Center for the Neural Basis of CognitionPittsburghUnited States
- Department of Mathematics, University of PittsburghPittsburghUnited States
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- Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghUnited States
- Center for the Neural Basis of CognitionPittsburghUnited States
- Carnegie Mellon Neuroscience InstitutePittsburghUnited States
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburghUnited States
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Foster NN, Barry J, Korobkova L, Garcia L, Gao L, Becerra M, Sherafat Y, Peng B, Li X, Choi JH, Gou L, Zingg B, Azam S, Lo D, Khanjani N, Zhang B, Stanis J, Bowman I, Cotter K, Cao C, Yamashita S, Tugangui A, Li A, Jiang T, Jia X, Feng Z, Aquino S, Mun HS, Zhu M, Santarelli A, Benavidez NL, Song M, Dan G, Fayzullina M, Ustrell S, Boesen T, Johnson DL, Xu H, Bienkowski MS, Yang XW, Gong H, Levine MS, Wickersham I, Luo Q, Hahn JD, Lim BK, Zhang LI, Cepeda C, Hintiryan H, Dong HW. The mouse cortico-basal ganglia-thalamic network. Nature 2021; 598:188-194. [PMID: 34616074 PMCID: PMC8494639 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-03993-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 31.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2020] [Accepted: 09/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
Abstract
The cortico–basal ganglia–thalamo–cortical loop is one of the fundamental network motifs in the brain. Revealing its structural and functional organization is critical to understanding cognition, sensorimotor behaviour, and the natural history of many neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders. Classically, this network is conceptualized to contain three information channels: motor, limbic and associative1–4. Yet this three-channel view cannot explain the myriad functions of the basal ganglia. We previously subdivided the dorsal striatum into 29 functional domains on the basis of the topography of inputs from the entire cortex5. Here we map the multi-synaptic output pathways of these striatal domains through the globus pallidus external part (GPe), substantia nigra reticular part (SNr), thalamic nuclei and cortex. Accordingly, we identify 14 SNr and 36 GPe domains and a direct cortico-SNr projection. The striatonigral direct pathway displays a greater convergence of striatal inputs than the more parallel striatopallidal indirect pathway, although direct and indirect pathways originating from the same striatal domain ultimately converge onto the same postsynaptic SNr neurons. Following the SNr outputs, we delineate six domains in the parafascicular and ventromedial thalamic nuclei. Subsequently, we identify six parallel cortico–basal ganglia–thalamic subnetworks that sequentially transduce specific subsets of cortical information through every elemental node of the cortico–basal ganglia–thalamic loop. Thalamic domains relay this output back to the originating corticostriatal neurons of each subnetwork in a bona fide closed loop. Mesoscale connectomic mapping of the cortico–basal ganglia–thalamic network reveals key architectural and information processing features.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicholas N Foster
- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. .,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,HUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI Institute for Brainsmatics, Suzhou, China
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- Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,HUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI Institute for Brainsmatics, Suzhou, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China
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- HUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI Institute for Brainsmatics, Suzhou, China
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- HUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI Institute for Brainsmatics, Suzhou, China
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- HUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI Institute for Brainsmatics, Suzhou, China
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics, Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,HUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI Institute for Brainsmatics, Suzhou, China.,CAS Center for Excellence in Brain Science and Intelligence Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shanghai, China
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Britton Chance Center for Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, MoE Key Laboratory for Biomedical Photonics, School of Engineering Sciences, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.,HUST-Suzhou Institute for Brainsmatics, JITRI Institute for Brainsmatics, Suzhou, China.,School of Biomedical Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou, China
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Neurobiology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Jane and Terry Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- UCLA Brain Research and Artificial Intelligence Nexus, Department of Neurobiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA. .,Mark and Mary Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging and Informatics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Phillips JM, Kambi NA, Redinbaugh MJ, Mohanta S, Saalmann YB. Disentangling the influences of multiple thalamic nuclei on prefrontal cortex and cognitive control. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 128:487-510. [PMID: 34216654 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.06.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2020] [Revised: 04/13/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
Abstract
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) has a complex relationship with the thalamus, involving many nuclei which occupy predominantly medial zones along its anterior-to-posterior extent. Thalamocortical neurons in most of these nuclei are modulated by the affective and cognitive signals which funnel through the basal ganglia. We review how PFC-connected thalamic nuclei likely contribute to all aspects of cognitive control: from the processing of information on internal states and goals, facilitating its interactions with mnemonic information and learned values of stimuli and actions, to their influence on high-level cognitive processes, attentional allocation and goal-directed behavior. This includes contributions to transformations such as rule-to-choice (parvocellular mediodorsal nucleus), value-to-choice (magnocellular mediodorsal nucleus), mnemonic-to-choice (anteromedial nucleus) and sensory-to-choice (medial pulvinar). Common mechanisms appear to be thalamic modulation of cortical gain and cortico-cortical functional connectivity. The anatomy also implies a unique role for medial PFC in modulating processing in thalamocortical circuits involving other orbital and lateral PFC regions. We further discuss how cortico-basal ganglia circuits may provide a mechanism through which PFC controls cortico-cortical functional connectivity.
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- Jessica M Phillips
- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1202 W Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706, United States.
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1202 W Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1202 W Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1202 W Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706, United States
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- Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1202 W Johnson St., Madison, WI 53706, United States; Wisconsin National Primate Research Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1202 Capitol Ct., Madison, WI 53715, United States.
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Abstract
The basal ganglia are a complex subcortical structure that is principally involved in the selection and implementation of purposeful actions in response to external and internal cues. The basal ganglia set the pattern for facilitation of voluntary movements and simultaneous inhibition of competing or interfering movements. In addition, the basal ganglia are involved in the control of a wide variety of non-motor behaviors, spanning emotions, language, decision making, procedural learning, and working memory. This review presents a comparative overview of classic and contemporary models of basal ganglia organization and functional importance, including their increased integration with cortical and cerebellar structures.
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- Kristina Simonyan
- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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The effects of zonisamide on L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease model mice. Neurochem Int 2019; 124:171-180. [PMID: 30639196 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuint.2019.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain and shows motor dysfunctions. Zonisamide (ZNS, 1,2-benzisoxazole-3-methanesulfonamide), which was originally developed as an antiepileptic drug, was also found to have beneficial effects on motor symptoms in PD. In the current study, we have investigated the behavioral and physiological effects of ZNS on L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia (LID) in PD model mice. Chronic administration of L-DOPA plus ZNS in PD model mice was shown to increase the duration and severity of LID compared with PD model mice that were treated with L-DOPA alone. To elucidate the neural mechanism of the effects of ZNS on LID, we examined neuronal activity in the output nuclei of the basal ganglia, i.e., the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr). Chronic administration of L-DOPA plus ZNS in PD mice decreased the firing rate in the SNr while they showed apparent LID. In addition, chronic treatment of L-DOPA plus ZNS in PD mice changed cortically evoked responses in the SNr during LID. In the control state, motor cortical stimulation induces the triphasic response composed of early excitation, inhibition, and late excitation. In contrast, L-DOPA plus ZNS-treated PD mice showed longer inhibition and reduced late excitation. Previous studies proposed that inhibition in the SNr is derived from the direct pathway and releases movements, and that late excitation is derived from the indirect pathway and stops movements. These changes of the direct and indirect pathways possibly underlie the effects of ZNS on LID.
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Wang N, Edmiston EK, Luo X, Yang H, Chang M, Wang F, Fan G. Comparing abnormalities of amplitude of low-frequency fluctuations in multiple system atrophy and idiopathic Parkinson's disease measured with resting-state fMRI. Psychiatry Res Neuroimaging 2017; 269:73-81. [PMID: 28957750 DOI: 10.1016/j.pscychresns.2017.09.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2017] [Revised: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
Abstract
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) show overlapping clinical manifestations with different treatment and prognosis. However, the shared and distinct underlying neural substrates are not yet understood, which needs to be explored between MSA and IPD. Resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging data were collected from 29 MSA patients, 17 IPD patients and 25 healthy controls (HC) and the Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations (ALFF) was compared. Lower ALFF in bilateral basal ganglion, bilateral ventrolateral prefrontal cortex and right amygdala, as well as higher ALFF in parieto-temporo-occipital cortex and right cerebellum was shared between both patient groups to compare with HC. In contrast to IPD, decreased or increased ALFF in different regions of visual associative cortices and decreased ALFF in right cerebellum were found in MSA group. Our findings suggested shared and distinct spontaneous brain activity abnormalities in striato-thalamo-cortical (STC) loop, default mood network, visual associative cortices and cerebellum were present in MSA and IPD, which may help to explain similar clinical symptoms in both disorders but a more severe illness prognosis in MSA. Further research is needed to better describe the functional role of the cerebellum and visual associative cortices in early stages of MSA and IPD.
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- Na Wang
- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, United States
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- Department of Neurology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China; Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China; Department of Psychiatry, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China; Department of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06511, United States
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- Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110001, Liaoning, PR China.
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Benhamou L, Cohen D. Electrophysiological characterization of entopeduncular nucleus neurons in anesthetized and freely moving rats. Front Syst Neurosci 2014; 8:7. [PMID: 24574980 PMCID: PMC3918587 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2014.00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2013] [Accepted: 01/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
The EntoPeduncular nucleus (EP), which is homologous to the internal segment of the Globus Pallidus (GPi) in primates, is one of the two basal ganglia (BG) output nuclei. Despite their importance in cortico-BG information processing, EP neurons have rarely been investigated in rats and there is no available electrophysiological characterization of EP neurons in vivo. We recorded and analyzed the activity of EP neurons in freely moving as well as anesthetized rats, and compared their activity patterns. Examination of neuronal firing statistics during wakefulness suggested that similar to neurons recorded in the primate GPi, EP neurons are a single population characterized by Poisson-like firing. Under isoflurane anesthesia the firing rate of EP neurons decreased substantially and their coefficient of variation and relative duration of quiescence periods increased. Investigation of the relationship between firing rate and depth of anesthesia revealed two distinct neuronal groups: one that decreased its firing rate with the increase in anesthesia level, and a second group where the firing rate was independent of anesthesia level. Post-hoc examination of the firing properties of the two groups showed that they were statistically distinct. These results may thus help reconcile in vitro studies in rats and primates which have reported two distinct neuronal populations, and in vivo studies in behaving primates indicating one homogeneous population. Our data support the existence of two distinct neuronal populations in the rat EP that can be distinguished by their characteristic firing response to anesthesia.
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- Liora Benhamou
- The Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, Israel
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- The Leslie and Susan Gonda Multidisciplinary Brain Research Center, Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, Israel
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Signals through the striatopallidal indirect pathway stop movements by phasic excitation in the substantia nigra. J Neurosci 2013; 33:7583-94. [PMID: 23616563 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.4932-12.2013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
The striatum and subthalamic nucleus (STN) are the input stations of the basal ganglia and receive excitatory afferents from the cerebral cortex. The basal ganglia control voluntary movements through three parallel pathways mediated by the input stations: the hyperdirect pathway, which conveys direct cortical inputs to the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr), the output nucleus, through the STN; the direct pathway, which arises from striatal neurons expressing dopamine D1 receptors and projects to the SNr; and the indirect pathway, which arises from striatal neurons expressing dopamine D2 receptors (D2Rs) and projects indirectly to the SNr by way of the globus pallidus (GP) and STN. Our previous study showed that immunotoxin-mediated cell targeted ablation of D2R-expressing striatal neurons in mice induced motor hyperactivity. To elucidate the mechanism underlying the hyperactivity, here we examined neuronal activity in the GP and SNr. The ablation of D2R-expressing striatal neurons had little effect on spontaneous activity in the GP and SNr, but induced dramatic changes in the cortically evoked triphasic response composed of early excitation, inhibition, and late excitation in the GP and SNr (i.e., reduced inhibition in the GP, and reduced late excitation in the GP and SNr). In contrast, the ablation of striatal cholinergic interneurons, which also express D2Rs, did not show such effects. Therefore, the reduction of the cortically evoked late excitation in the SNr seems to be responsible for hyperactivity. These observations suggest that phasic late excitation in the SNr through the striatopallidal indirect pathway plays a key role in stopping movements.
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Jourdain VA, Grégoire L, Morissette M, Morin N, Parent M, Di Paolo T. Potentiation of response to low doses of levodopa in MPTP-injected monkeys by chemical unilateral subthalamotomy. J Neurosurg 2013; 118:180-91. [DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.jns12295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
Abstract
Object
Subthalamotomy is a stereotactic surgery performed in patients with disabling dyskinesias due to Parkinson disease. The authors set out to model this human condition in MPTP monkeys and determine if subthalamotomy allowed a reduction of levodopa for similar benefit.
Methods
The authors performed unilateral subthalamotomy in 4 parkinsonian dyskinetic monkeys by stereotactic injection of ibotenic acid. An optimal dose, defined as the highest dose of levodopa improving parkinsonian motor symptoms while inducing low or no dyskinesias, was established in these animals. Each monkey was scored for the antiparkinsonian and dyskinetic effects of the optimal dose of levodopa, as well as suboptimal and dyskinesia-inducing doses (60% and 140% of the optimal dose, respectively), and these scores were compared with those obtained at baseline before and after subthalamotomy. Bradykinesia was assessed by a prehension task.
Results
Unilateral subthalamotomy had a positive effect on the antiparkinsonian response for all doses of levodopa as well as the baseline. There were no differences in the antiparkinsonian response between the suboptimal dose postsurgery and the optimal dose presurgery. Dyskinesias were increased at the suboptimal and the optimal doses. After surgery, the duration of response to levodopa increased between 20% and 25% in the suboptimal dose, whereas it remained unchanged with higher doses. Bradykinesia was significantly reduced after surgery only at the suboptimal dose.
Conclusions
Subthalamotomy potentiated the response to suboptimal doses of levodopa. Thus, levodopa can be reduced by 40% after surgery for similar beneficial antiparkinsonian response and less dyskinesia than with an optimal dose before surgery.
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- Vincent A. Jourdain
- 1Molecular Endocrinology and Genomic Research Center, CHUQ Research Center (CHUL)
- 2Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University; and
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- 1Molecular Endocrinology and Genomic Research Center, CHUQ Research Center (CHUL)
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- 1Molecular Endocrinology and Genomic Research Center, CHUQ Research Center (CHUL)
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- 1Molecular Endocrinology and Genomic Research Center, CHUQ Research Center (CHUL)
- 2Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University; and
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- 3Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire en santé mentale de Québec, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- 1Molecular Endocrinology and Genomic Research Center, CHUQ Research Center (CHUL)
- 2Faculty of Pharmacy, Laval University; and
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Chatham CH, Badre D. Parts to principles: anatomical origins of prefrontal organization. Cortex 2012; 48:1373-5; discussion 1383-7. [PMID: 22726604 PMCID: PMC4482337 DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2012.05.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2012] [Accepted: 05/11/2012] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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- Department of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University, USA
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Persistent and reversible consequences of combat stress on the mesofrontal circuit and cognition. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:15508-13. [PMID: 22949649 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1206330109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Prolonged stress can have long-lasting effects on cognition. Animal models suggest that deficits in executive functioning could result from alterations within the mesofrontal circuit. We investigated this hypothesis in soldiers before and after deployment to Afghanistan and a control group using functional and diffusion tensor imaging. Combat stress reduced midbrain activity and integrity, which was associated to compromised sustained attention. Long-term follow-up showed that the functional and structural changes had normalized within 1.5 y. In contrast, combat stress induced a persistent reduction in functional connectivity between the midbrain and prefrontal cortex. These results demonstrate that combat stress has adverse effects on the human mesofrontal circuit and suggests that these alterations are partially reversible.
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Nambu A. Somatotopic organization of the primate Basal Ganglia. Front Neuroanat 2011; 5:26. [PMID: 21541304 PMCID: PMC3082737 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Accepted: 03/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Somatotopic organization is a fundamental and key concept to understand how the cortico-basal ganglia loop works. It is also indispensable knowledge to perform stereotaxic surgery for movement disorders. Here I would like to describe the somatotopic organization of the basal ganglia, which consist of the striatum, subthalamic nucleus, globus pallidus, and substantia nigra. Projections from motor cortical regions representing different body parts terminate in different regions of these nuclei. Basal ganglia neurons respond not only to the stimulation of the corresponding regions of the motor cortices, but also to active and passive movements of the corresponding body parts. On the basis of these anatomical and physiological findings, somatotopic organization can be identified in the motor territories of these nuclei in the basal ganglia. In addition, projections from functionally interrelated cortical areas partially converge through the cortico-basal ganglia loop, but nevertheless the somatotopy is still preserved. Disorganized somatotopy may explain, at least in part, the pathophysiology of movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease and dystonia.
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- Atsushi Nambu
- Division of System Neurophysiology, National Institute for Physiological Sciences Okazaki, Japan
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Dynamic spike threshold and zero membrane slope conductance shape the response of subthalamic neurons to cortical input. J Neurosci 2010; 30:13180-91. [PMID: 20881137 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1909-10.2010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The subthalamic nucleus (STN) provides a second entry point for cortical input to the basal ganglia, supplementing the corticostriatal pathway. We examined the way intrinsic properties shape the response of the STN to cortical excitation, recording from rat STN in vivo and in brain slices. STN cells exhibited a near-zero slope conductance-and hence an effectively infinite membrane time constant-at subthreshold potentials. This makes STN cells exceptional temporal integrators, consistent with the common view that basal ganglia nuclei use rate coding. However, STN cells also exhibited a drop in spike threshold triggered by larger EPSPs, allowing them to fire time-locked spikes in response to coincident input. In addition to promoting coincidence detection, the threshold dynamics associated with larger EPSPs reduced the probability of firing spikes outside of a narrow window immediately after the stimulus, even on trials in which the EPSP did not directly trigger a spike. This shift in stimulus-evoked firing pattern would allow downstream structures to distinguish coincidence-triggered spikes from other spikes and thereby permit coincidence detection and rate coding to operate in parallel in the same cell. Thus, STN cells can combine two functions-integration and coincidence detection-that are normally considered mutually exclusive. This could support rapid communication between cortex and basal ganglia targets that bypasses the striatum without disrupting slower rate coding pathways.
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Seo M, Beigi M, Jahanshahi M, Averbeck BB. Effects of dopamine medication on sequence learning with stochastic feedback in Parkinson's disease. Front Syst Neurosci 2010; 4:36. [PMID: 20740077 PMCID: PMC2927276 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2010.00036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2010] [Accepted: 07/02/2010] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A growing body of evidence suggests that the midbrain dopamine system plays a key role in reinforcement learning and disruption of the midbrain dopamine system in Parkinson's disease (PD) may lead to deficits on tasks that require learning from feedback. We examined how changes in dopamine levels ("ON" and "OFF" their dopamine medication) affect sequence learning from stochastic positive and negative feedback using Bayesian reinforcement learning models. We found deficits in sequence learning in patients with PD when they were "ON" and "OFF" medication relative to healthy controls, but smaller differences between patients "OFF" and "ON". The deficits were mainly due to decreased learning from positive feedback, although across all participant groups learning was more strongly associated with positive than negative feedback in our task. The learning in our task is likely mediated by the relatively depleted dorsal striatum and not the relatively intact ventral striatum. Therefore, the changes we see in our task may be due to a strong loss of phasic dopamine signals in the dorsal striatum in PD.
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- Moonsang Seo
- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College LondonLondon, UK
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of HealthBethesda, MD, USA
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College LondonLondon, UK
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- Sobell Department of Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, Institute of Neurology, University College LondonLondon, UK
- Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of HealthBethesda, MD, USA
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Tanibuchi I, Kitano H, Jinnai K. Substantia Nigra Output to Prefrontal Cortex Via Thalamus in Monkeys. II. Activity of Thalamic Relay Neurons in Delayed Conditional Go/No-Go Discrimination Task. J Neurophysiol 2009; 102:2946-54. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.91288.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The present report investigated the involvement of primate nigro-thalamo-cortical projections in discrimination of visual signals with behavioral meaning. We tested the extracellular unit activity of mediodorsal (MD) and ventral anterior (VA) thalamic neurons monosynaptically receiving inhibitory input from the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) and projecting to the frontal cortex in Japanese monkeys performing a delayed conditional go/no-go discrimination task. In the task two colored stimuli (S1, S2) intervened by delay period required the monkeys lifting a lever (go) or not (no-go); the same and different colored pairs of S1 and S2 meant go and no-go signals, respectively. Prominent task-relevant responses were sustained activity with color preference to S1 during delay period and S2-related activity with different firing rates between go and no-go trials. In particular, a high proportion of such go/no-go differential S2-related activity was found in thalamic relay neurons, receiving input from the caudolateral SNr and projecting to the prefrontal area (PSv) ventral to the principal sulcus, in the rostrolateral MD. The findings suggest that the caudolateral SNr–rostrolateral MD–PSv pathways may be possible conduits of signals coding the behavioral meaning of the visual stimuli and thus may be responsible for generating similar neuronal activity in the PSv.
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- Departments of Physiology and
- Neurosurgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Ohtsu, Japan
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Tanibuchi I, Kitano H, Jinnai K. Substantia Nigra Output to Prefrontal Cortex Via Thalamus in Monkeys. I. Electrophysiological Identification of Thalamic Relay Neurons. J Neurophysiol 2009; 102:2933-45. [DOI: 10.1152/jn.91287.2008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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A few studies have been performed in primate basal ganglia–thalamo–prefrontal pathways. Nevertheless, their electrophysiological properties and anatomical arrangements remain obscure. This study examined them in nigro-thalamo-cortical pathways from the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr) to the frontal cortex (FRC) via the mediodorsal (MD) and ventral anterior (VA) thalamus in monkeys. First, single thalamocortical neurons with SNr input were identified by antidromic responses to FRC stimulation and by inhibitory orthodromic responses with short latencies (<5 ms) to SNr stimulation. Second, single nigrothalamic neurons were found by antidromic responses to stimulation of the portions of the MD and VA where the thalamocortical neurons were recorded. The inhibitory orthodromic responses in the thalamocortical neurons were considered to be monosynaptically induced by nigral stimulation because the latency distribution of the orthodromic responses in the thalamocortical neurons was similar to that of the antidromic responses in the nigrothalamic neurons. Almost all relay neurons in the rostrolateral MD received inhibitory afferents from the caudolateral SNr and projected to the prefrontal area ventral to the principal sulcus, which constituted the densest nigro-thalamo-cortical projections. Meanwhile, neurons in the VA received inhibitory signals from the whole rostrocaudal extent of the SNr and projected to wide regions of the FRC; neurons in its pars magnocellularis mostly projected to different prefrontal areas, while those in its pars parvocellularis projected to motor areas. This report substantiated the topography of thalamocortical neurons monosynaptically receiving inhibitory SNr input and projecting to the FRC in the primate MD and VA at the single-neuron level.
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- Departments of Physiology and
- Neurosurgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Ohtsu, Japan
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MRI characteristics of the substantia nigra in Parkinson's disease: A combined quantitative T1 and DTI study. Neuroimage 2009; 47:435-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2009.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2009] [Revised: 04/30/2009] [Accepted: 05/05/2009] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Minamimoto T, Hori Y, Kimura M. Roles of the thalamic CM-PF complex-Basal ganglia circuit in externally driven rebias of action. Brain Res Bull 2008; 78:75-9. [PMID: 18793702 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2008.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The centromedian (CM)-parafascicular (PF) nuclear complex in the primate thalamus has reciprocal and specific connections with the basal ganglia. It has been argued that the thalamic CM-PF complex has a role in pain processing and attention. However, the functional relationship of this complex with the basal ganglia, which is considered to have a role in goal-directed movement, has not been well characterized. Here we present a hypothetical view that the thalamic CM-PF complex-basal ganglia circuit plays complementary roles in response bias. The basal ganglia are involved in creating 'reward-based pre-action bias', which facilitates the selection and execution of an action associated with a higher value. In contrast, when an action with a lower value is unexpectedly requested, the CM-PF induces an 'externally driven rebiasing' process in the striatum that aborts the pre-action bias and assists selecting and executing actions appropriate for unexpected situations. This model provides a framework for how the thalamic CM-PF complex and the basal ganglia function together in general for unexpected situations.
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- Takafumi Minamimoto
- Department of Physiology, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Kyoto 602-8566, Japan.
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Belluscio MA, Riquelme LA, Murer MG. Striatal dysfunction increases basal ganglia output during motor cortex activation in parkinsonian rats. Eur J Neurosci 2007; 25:2791-804. [PMID: 17561844 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05527.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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During movement, inhibitory neurons in the basal ganglia output nuclei show complex modulations of firing, which are presumptively driven by corticostriatal and corticosubthalamic input. Reductions in discharge should facilitate movement by disinhibiting thalamic and brain stem nuclei while increases would do the opposite. A proposal that nigrostriatal dopamine pathway degeneration disrupts trans-striatal pathways' balance resulting in sustained overactivity of basal ganglia output nuclei neurons and Parkinson's disease clinical signs is not fully supported by experimental evidence, which instead shows abnormal synchronous oscillatory activity in animal models and patients. Yet, the possibility that variation in motor cortex activity drives transient overactivity in output nuclei neurons in parkinsonism has not been explored. In Sprague-Dawley rats with 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced nigrostriatal lesions, approximately 50% substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNpr) units show abnormal cortically driven slow oscillations of discharge. Moreover, these units selectively show abnormal responses to motor cortex stimulation consisting in augmented excitations of an odd latency, which overlapped that of inhibitory responses presumptively mediated by the trans-striatal direct pathway in control rats. Delivering D1 or D2 dopamine agonists into the striatum of parkinsonian rats by reverse microdialysis reduced these abnormal excitations but had no effect on pathological oscillations. The present study establishes that dopamine-deficiency related changes of striatal function contribute to producing abnormally augmented excitatory responses to motor cortex stimulation in the SNpr. If a similar transient overactivity of basal ganglia output were driven by motor cortex input during movement, it could contribute to impeding movement initiation or execution in Parkinson's disease.
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- Mariano A Belluscio
- Laboratorio de Fisiología de Circuitos Neuronales, Departamento de Fisiología y Biofísica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Paraguay, Ciudad de Buenos Aires (CP1121), Argentina.
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Deniau JM, Mailly P, Maurice N, Charpier S. The pars reticulata of the substantia nigra: a window to basal ganglia output. PROGRESS IN BRAIN RESEARCH 2007; 160:151-72. [PMID: 17499113 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6123(06)60009-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Together with the internal segment of the globus pallidus (GP(i)), the pars reticulata of the substantia nigra (SNr) provides a main output nucleus of the basal ganglia (BG) where the final stage of information processing within this system takes place. In the last decade, progress on the anatomical organization and functional properties of BG output neurons have shed some light on the mechanisms of integration taking place in these nuclei and leading to normal and pathological BG outflow. In this review focused on the SNr, after describing how the anatomical arrangement of nigral cells and their afferents determines specific input-output registers, we examine how the basic electrophysiological properties of the cells and their interaction with synaptic inputs contribute to the spatio-temporal shaping of BG output. The reported data show that the intrinsic membrane properties of the neurons subserves a tonic discharge allowing BG to gate the transmission of information to motor and cognitive systems thereby contributing to appropriate selection of behavior.
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- J M Deniau
- Dynamique et Physiopathologie des Réseaux Neuronaux, INSERM U667, UPMC, Collège de France, 11 Place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France.
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Frankle WG, Laruelle M, Haber SN. Prefrontal cortical projections to the midbrain in primates: evidence for a sparse connection. Neuropsychopharmacology 2006; 31:1627-36. [PMID: 16395309 DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Frontal cortical efferent fibers are thought to have important regulatory influence on cortico-basal ganglia (BG) circuits. The cortico-midbrain (substantia nigra/ventral tegmental area, SN/VTA) pathway has received particular attention in psychiatric diseases, most notably schizophrenia. Work in rodents demonstrates that the prefrontal cortico (PFC)-midbrain pathway plays a central role in regulating the firing pattern of dopamine (DA) neurons. These findings have led to some important hypotheses concerning PFC/BG interaction in schizophrenia. Descending PFC projections to the SN/VTA have been primarily documented in the rodent. The aim of this study was to determine the degree and organization of PFC afferents to these areas in the Macaque monkey. Anterograde tracer injections were made into discrete orbital, cingulate, and dorsolateral prefrontal areas. Projections were charted to the SN and VTA. Overall, there were very few fibers in the ventral midbrain following injections confined to specific areas of the PFC. To determine the relationship of the descending fibers to the midbrain DA neurons, sections were double stained for the tracer molecules and for tyrosine hydroxylase. In all cases, the prefrontal projections and the TH-positive cells did not appear to be in close juxtaposition. The results show a very limited projection from the PFC to the midbrain DA neurons in primates, terminating both within the SN proper as well as in the VTA. They arise from a broad region of the PFC, including the DLPF, cingulate, and orbital cortices. However, despite the relative lack of cortical input to the midbrain cells, these neurons are rich in glutamate receptors in primates. Thus, while, based on these anatomical studies, direct cortical control of DA neurons remains debatable in primates; the cortex may directly impact other sources of glutamatergic control.
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- William Gordon Frankle
- Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY, USA
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Degos B, Deniau JM, Thierry AM, Glowinski J, Pezard L, Maurice N. Neuroleptic-induced catalepsy: electrophysiological mechanisms of functional recovery induced by high-frequency stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus. J Neurosci 2005; 25:7687-96. [PMID: 16107655 PMCID: PMC6725399 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1056-05.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2005] [Revised: 07/05/2005] [Accepted: 07/11/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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High-frequency stimulation (HFS) of the subthalamic nucleus (STN) remarkably alleviates motor disorders in parkinsonian patients. The mechanisms by which STN HFS exerts its beneficial effects were investigated in anesthetized rats, using a model of acute interruption of dopaminergic transmission. Combined systemic injections of SCH-23390 [R(+)-7-chloro-8-hydroxy-3-methyl-1-phenyl-2,3,4,5,-tetrahydro-1H-3-benzazepine] and raclopride, antagonists of the D1 and D2 classes of dopaminergic receptors, respectively, were performed, and the parameters of STN HFS that reversed the neuroleptic-induced catalepsy were determined in freely moving animals. The effects of neuroleptics and the impact of STN HFS applied at parameters alleviating neuroleptic-induced catalepsy were analyzed in the substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNR), a major basal ganglia output structure, by recording the neuronal firing pattern and the responses evoked by cortical stimulation. Neuroleptic injection altered the tonic and regular mode of discharge of SNR neurons, most of them becoming irregular with bursts of spikes and pauses. The inhibitory component of the cortically evoked response, which is attributable to the activation of the direct striatonigral circuit, was decreased, whereas the late excitatory response resulting from the indirect striato-pallido-subthalamo-nigral circuit was reinforced. During STN HFS, the spontaneous firing of SNR cells was either increased or decreased with a global enhancement of the firing rate in the overall population of SNR cells recorded. However, in all of the cases, SNR firing pattern was regularized, and the bias between the trans-striatal and trans-subthalamic circuits was reversed. By these effects, STN HFS restores the functional properties of the circuits by which basal ganglia contribute to motor activity.
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- Bertrand Degos
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Unité 667, Collège de France, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Izawa Y, Suzuki H, Shinoda Y. Suppression of visually and memory-guided saccades induced by electrical stimulation of the monkey frontal eye field. II. Suppression of bilateral saccades. J Neurophysiol 2004; 92:2261-73. [PMID: 15381745 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00085.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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To understand the neural mechanism of fixation, we investigated effects of electrical stimulation of the frontal eye field (FEF) and its vicinity on visually guided (Vsacs) and memory-guided saccades (Msacs) in trained monkeys and found that there were two types of suppression induced by the electrical stimulation: suppression of ipsilateral saccades and suppression of bilateral saccades. In this report, we characterized the properties of the suppression of bilateral Vsacs and Msacs. Stimulation of the bilateral suppression sites suppressed the initiation of both Vsacs and Msacs in all directions during and approximately 50 ms after stimulation but did not affect the vector of these saccades. The suppression was stronger for ipsiversive larger saccades and contraversive smaller saccades, and saccades with initial eye positions shifted more in the saccadic direction. The most effective stimulation timing for the suppression of ipsilateral and contralateral Vsacs was approximately 40-50 ms before saccade onset, indicating that the suppression occurred most likely in the superior colliculus and/or the paramedian pontine reticular formation. Suppression sites of bilateral saccades were located in the prearcuate gyrus facing the inferior arcuate sulcus where stimulation induced suppression at < or =40 microA but usually did not evoke any saccades at 80 microA and were different from those of ipsilateral saccades where stimulation evoked saccades at < or =50 microA. The bilateral suppression sites contained fixation neurons. The results suggest that fixation neurons in the bilateral suppression area of the FEF may play roles in maintaining fixation by suppressing saccades in all directions.
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- Yoshiko Izawa
- Dept. of Systems Neurophysiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8519, Japan
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García Dopico J, Perdomo Díaz J, Alonso TJ, González Hernández T, Castro Fuentes R, Rodríguez Díaz M. Extracellular taurine in the substantia nigra: Taurine-glutamate interaction. J Neurosci Res 2004; 76:528-38. [PMID: 15114625 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Taurine has been proposed as an inhibitory transmitter in the substantia nigra (SN), but the mechanisms involved in its release and uptake remain practically unexplored. We studied the extracellular pool of taurine in the rat's SN by using microdialysis methods, paying particular attention to the taurine-glutamate (GLU) interaction. Extracellular taurine increased after cell depolarization with high-K(+) in a Ca(2+)-dependent manner, being modified by the local perfusion of GLU, GLU receptor agonists, and zinc. Nigral administration of taurine increased the extracellular concentration of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and GLU, the transmitters of the two main inputs of the SN. The modification of the glial metabolism with fluocitrate and L-methionine sulfoximine also changed the extracellular concentration of taurine. The complex regulation of the extracellular pool of taurine, its interaction with GABA and GLU, and the involvement of glial cells in its regulation suggest a volume transmission role for taurine in the SN.
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- José García Dopico
- Unidad de Investigación del Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
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Three-dimensional organization of the recurrent axon collateral network of the substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons in the rat. J Neurosci 2003. [PMID: 12832549 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-12-05247.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNR) constitutes a major output nucleus of the basal ganglia where the final stage of information processing within this system takes place. In this study, using juxtacellular labeling and three-dimensional reconstruction methods, we investigated the spatial organization of the intranigral innervation provided by single GABAergic projection neurons from the sensory-motor subdivision of the rat SNR. Confirming previous observations, most labeled SNR cells were found to possess a local axonal network innervating the pars reticulata and pars compacta (SNC). Within the SNR, axons of these cells were distributed along curved laminas enveloping a dorsolaterally located core, thus mostly respecting the onion-like compartmentalization of this nucleus. Although the axonal projection field mostly remained confined to the dendritic field of the parent neuron, it usually extended beyond its limits in caudal, lateral, and/or dorsal directions. Because SNR cells are GABAergic, this pattern of axonal projection suggests the existence of lateral inhibitory interactions between neurons belonging to the same as well as to adjacent functional subdivisions. Axonal projections of SNR cells to the SNC formed longitudinal bands. These bands partly occupied the SNC region projecting to the striatal sector from which parent SNR cells receive their afferents. These data indicate that SNR cells contribute to an indirect nigrostriatal loop circuit through which the striatum could upregulate its level of dopaminergic transmission via a disinhibition of nigrostriatal neurons. Spatial relationships between elements of this indirect nigrostriatonigral circuit indicate that this circuit operates in both a closed and open loop manner.
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Kolomiets BP, Deniau JM, Glowinski J, Thierry AM. Basal ganglia and processing of cortical information: functional interactions between trans-striatal and trans-subthalamic circuits in the substantia nigra pars reticulata. Neuroscience 2003; 117:931-8. [PMID: 12654344 DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4522(02)00824-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNR), a major output station of basal ganglia, receives information from the cerebral cortex through three main pathways, i.e. a direct inhibitory trans-striatal pathway, an indirect excitatory trans-striatal pathway that involves the pallidum and the subthalamus and a direct excitatory trans-subthalamic pathway. In order to determine how cortical information flow originating from functionally distinct cortical areas and processed through the trans-striatal and trans-subthalamic pathways is integrated within the SNR, the responses induced by electrical stimulation of prefrontal, motor and auditory cortex in SNR cells were analyzed in anesthetized rats. Further confirming that direct striato-nigral pathways related to these functionally distinct cortical areas are organized in parallel channels, stimulation of the prefrontal, motor and auditory cortex induced an inhibitory response on distinct subpopulations of SNR cells. Within a given channel, the direct trans-striatal and the trans-subthalamic pathways converge on a large number of nigral cells. In addition, the present study reveals that nigral cells receiving an inhibitory input from a given cortical area through the direct trans-striatal pathway can also receive an excitatory input from a functionally distinct cortical area through the trans-subthalamic pathways. Such a convergence mainly occurred between the direct striato-nigral pathway issued from the auditory cortex and the trans-subthalamic pathways issued from the motor cortex. These data reveal the existence of a converging influence of trans-subthalamic and direct striato-nigral pathways not only within but also across channels. Within a given cortico-basal ganglia channel, the trans-subthalamic pathways likely contribute to the temporal shaping of the striato-nigral inhibition and thus of the disinhibition of the related nigral target nuclei in the thalamus and mesencephalon. Across channels, the specific interactions between trans-subthalamic and direct striato-nigral pathways could contribute to prevent inhibition of subpopulations of nigral cells implicated in competing functions.
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- B P Kolomiets
- INSERM U114, Chaire de Neuropharmacologie, Collège de France, 11 Place M. Berthelot, 75231 Cedex 05, Paris, France
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Tanibuchi I, Goldman-Rakic PS. Dissociation of spatial-, object-, and sound-coding neurons in the mediodorsal nucleus of the primate thalamus. J Neurophysiol 2003; 89:1067-77. [PMID: 12574481 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00207.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The mediodorsal nucleus (MD) is the thalamic gateway to the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain associated with spatial and object working memory functions. We have recorded single-neuron activities from the MD nucleus in monkeys trained to perform spatial tasks with peripheral visual stimuli and a nonspatial task with foveally presented pictures of objects and faces-tasks identical to those we have previously used to map regional specializations in the dorso- and ventro-lateral prefrontal cortex, respectively. We found that MD neurons exhibited categorical specificity-either responding selectively to locations in the spatial tasks or preferentially to specific representations of faces and objects in the nonspatial task. Spatially tuned neurons were located in parts of the MD connected with the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex while neurons responding to the identity of stimuli mainly occupied more ventral positions in the nucleus that has its connections with the inferior prefrontal convexity. Neuronal responses to auditory stimuli were also examined, and vocalization sensitive neurons were found in more posterior portions of the MD. We conclude that MD neurons are dissociable by their spatial and nonspatial coding properties in line with their cortical connections and that the principle of information segregation in cortico-cortical pathways extends to the "association" nuclei of the thalamus.
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- Ikuo Tanibuchi
- Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8001, USA
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François C, Tande D, Yelnik J, Hirsch EC. Distribution and morphology of nigral axons projecting to the thalamus in primates. J Comp Neurol 2002; 447:249-60. [PMID: 11984819 DOI: 10.1002/cne.10227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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This study presents an analysis of the distribution and organization pattern of axons originating from the substantia nigra pars reticulata and projecting to the thalamus in monkeys. Biotin dextran amine was iontophoretically injected into different parts of the substantia nigra pars reticulata of monkeys (African green monkeys and macaques). In whatever part of the substantia nigra the injection was made, numerous axonal endings were found to be distributed within different thalamic regions: the ventral anterior nucleus and mainly its magnocellular part, the most ventromedial part of the ventral lateral nucleus, and the mediodorsal and parafascicular nuclei. Moreover, the nigrothalamic projection appeared to be topographically organized. Ten anterogradely labeled axons were reconstructed from serial sections. The axons terminated in three to six terminal fields per axon located in a relatively small portion of only one thalamic region. These terminal fields were variable in size and comprised 4-43 very thin, varicose branches. They consisted either of different axonal branches of the same axon or of different axons and covered 10-31 thalamic cell bodies. These findings demonstrate that the overall morphological organization of individual nigral axons is complex and allows single axons to influence thalamic neurons via a combination of divergent, convergent, and amplification processes.
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- Chantal François
- INSERM U289, Neurologie et Thérapeutique Expérimentale, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 75013, Paris, France.
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Bergman H, Deuschl G. Pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease: from clinical neurology to basic neuroscience and back. Mov Disord 2002; 17 Suppl 3:S28-40. [PMID: 11948753 DOI: 10.1002/mds.10140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 188] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by motor and nonmotor (cognitive and limbic) deficits. The motor signs of PD include hypokinetic signs such as akinesia/bradykinesia, rigidity and loss of normal postural reflexes, and hyperkinetic signs such as tremor. Dopamine depletion in the striatum is the hallmark of PD and of its animal models, still the pathophysiology of the parkinsonian symptoms and especially of parkinsonian tremor are under debate. The most extreme hypotheses argue about peripheral versus central nervous system origin, intrinsic cellular oscillator versus network oscillators, and basal ganglia-based pathophysiology versus cerebellar-thalamic based pathophysiology. Recent studies support the view that parkinsonian symptoms are most likely due to abnormal synchronous oscillating neuronal activity within the basal ganglia. Peripheral factors do only play a minor role for the generation, maintenance, and modulation of PD tremor and other signs. The most likely candidates producing these neuronal oscillations are the weakly coupled neural networks of the basal ganglia-thalamo-cortical loops. However, the present evidence supports the view that the basal ganglia loops are influenced by other neuronal structures and systems and that the tuning of these loops by cerebello-thalamic mechanisms and by other modulator neurotransmitter systems entrain the abnormal synchronized oscillations. Neurosurgical procedures, such as lesions or high-frequency stimulation of different parts of the loop, might resume the normal unsynchronized activity of the basal ganglia circuitry, and, therefore, ameliorate the clinical symptoms of Parkinson's disease.
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- Hagai Bergman
- Department of Physiology and the Eric Roland Center for Neurodegenerative diseases, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Sil'kis IG. A possible mechanism for the dopamine-evoked synergistic disinhibition of thalamic neurons via the "direct" and "indirect" pathways in the basal ganglia. NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY 2002; 32:205-12. [PMID: 12135331 DOI: 10.1023/a:1015093619476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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The mechanism of synaptic plasticity which we have previously proposed for striatal spiny neurons, along with published data on the predominance of dopamine-sensitive D1/D2 receptors on strionigral/striopallidal neurons, was used as the basis to propose the hypothesis that the induction of long-term potentiation/depression of the efficiency of the cortical inputs to these cells may result from the excitatory/inhibitory actions of dopamine on the activity of the neurons originating the "direct" and "indirect" pathways through the basal ganglia. Thus, the action of dopamine increases disinhibition of thalamic neurons via the "direct" pathway and decreases their inhibition via the "indirect" pathway. Both effects lead to increases in the activity of thalamic cells and in the activity of the efferent neocortical neurons which they excite. The actions of dopamine on striosomal neurons, which mainly have D1 receptors, may also be to induce long-term potentiation of cortical inputs. This effect should lead to increased inhibition of dopaminergic cells and decreases in their dopamine release, which may promote the maintenance of a stable dopamine concentration in the cortex-basal ganglia-thalamus-cortex neural network.
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- I G Sil'kis
- Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
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Dendritic arborizations of the rat substantia nigra pars reticulata neurons: spatial organization and relation to the lamellar compartmentation of striato-nigral projections. J Neurosci 2001. [PMID: 11517275 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-17-06874.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The cerebral cortex provides a major source of inputs to the basal ganglia. As has been well documented, the topography of corticostriatal projections subdivides the striatum into a mosaic of functionally distinct sectors. How information flow from these striatal sectors remains segregated or not within basal ganglia output nuclei has to be established. Electrophysiologically identified neurons of the rat substantia nigra pars reticulata were labeled by juxtacellular injection of Neurobiotin, and the spatial organization of their dendritic arborizations was analyzed in relation to the projection fields of individual striatal sectors. Thirty-nine nigral neurons located in the projection territory of the distinct striatal sensorimotor sectors were reconstructed. The data show that the dendritic arborizations of nigral neurons conform to the geometry of striato-nigral projections. Like striatal projections, the arborizations formed a series of curved laminas enveloping a dorsolaterally located core. Although dendritic fields of the neurons lying in the laminae were flat, those located in the core were spherical or cylindrical, thereby conforming to the shape of the striatal projection fields. This remarkable alignment between the dendritic arborizations of nigral neurons and the projection fields from individual striatal districts supports the concept of a parallel architecture of the striato-nigral circuits. However, pars reticulata neurons usually extend part of their dendrites within adjacent striatal projection fields, thereby ensuring a continuum between channels. The extension of the dendritic arborizations within the striatal projection fields suggests that nigral neurons integrate the information that is relevant for the completion of the specific motor behavior they control.
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Cortico-basal ganglia circuits are organized in parallel channels. Information flow from functionally distinct cortical areas remains segregated within the striatum and through its direct projections to basal ganglia output structures. Whether such a segregation is maintained in trans-subthalamic circuits is still questioned. The effects of electrical stimulation of prefrontal, motor, and auditory cortex were analyzed in the subthalamic nucleus as well as in the striatum of anesthetized rats. In the striatum, cells (n = 300) presenting an excitatory response to stimulation of these cortical areas were located in distinct striatal territories, and none of the cells responded to two cortical stimulation sites. In the subthalamic nucleus, both prefrontal and motor cortex stimulations induced early and late excitatory responses as a result of activation of the direct cortico-subthalamic pathway and of the indirect cortico-striato-pallido-subthalamic pathway, respectively. Stimulation of the auditory cortex, which does not send direct projection to the subthalamic nucleus, induced only late excitatory responses. Among the subthalamic responding cells (n = 441), a few received both prefrontal and motor cortex (n = 19) or prefrontal and auditory cortex (n = 10) excitatory inputs, whereas a larger number of cells were activated from both motor and auditory cortices (n = 48). The data indicate that the segregation of cortical information flow originating from prefrontal, motor, and auditory cortices that occurred in the striatum is only partly maintained in the subthalamic nucleus. It can be proposed that the existence of specific patterns of convergence of information flow from these functionally distinct cortical areas in the subthalamic nucleus allows interactions between parallel channels.
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The goals of this article are to suggest a basic wiring diagram for the motor neural network that controls motivated behavior, and to provide a model for the organization of cerebral hemisphere inputs to this network. Cerebral projections mediate voluntary regulation of a behavior control column in the ventromedial upper brainstem that includes (from rostral to caudal) the medial preoptic, anterior hypothalamic, descending paraventricular, ventromedial, and premammillary nuclei, the mammillary body, and finally the substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area. The rostral segment of this column is involved in controlling ingestive (eating and drinking) and social (defensive and reproductive) behaviors, whereas the caudal segment is involved in controlling general exploratory or foraging behaviors (with locomotor and orienting components) that are required for obtaining any particular goal object. Virtually all parts of the cerebral hemispheres contribute to a triple descending projection - with cortical excitatory, striatal inhibitory, and pallidal disinhibitory components - to specific parts of the behavior control column. The functional dynamics of this circuitry remain to be established.
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- L W Swanson
- The Neuroscience Program, Hedco Neuroscience Building, Rm. 428, University of Southern California, 3614 Watt Way, 90089-2520, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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Nambu A, Tokuno H, Hamada I, Kita H, Imanishi M, Akazawa T, Ikeuchi Y, Hasegawa N. Excitatory cortical inputs to pallidal neurons via the subthalamic nucleus in the monkey. J Neurophysiol 2000; 84:289-300. [PMID: 10899204 DOI: 10.1152/jn.2000.84.1.289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 376] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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How the motor-related cortical areas modulate the activity of the output nuclei of the basal ganglia is an important issue for understanding the mechanisms of motor control by the basal ganglia. In the present study, by using awake monkeys, the polysynaptic effects of electrical stimulation in the forelimb regions of the primary motor and primary somatosensory cortices on the activity of globus pallidus (GP) neurons, especially mediated by the subthalamic nucleus (STN), have been characterized. Cortical stimulation induced an early, short-latency excitation followed by an inhibition and a late excitation in neurons of both the external and internal segments of the GP. It also induced an early, short-latency excitation followed by a late excitation and an inhibition in STN neurons. The early excitation in STN neurons preceded that in GP neurons. Blockade of STN neuronal activity by muscimol (GABA(A) receptor agonist) injection resulted in abolishment of both the early and late excitations evoked in GP neurons by cortical stimulation. At the same time, the spontaneous discharge rate of GP neurons decreased, pauses between the groups of spikes of GP neurons became prominent, and the firing pattern became regular. Injection of (+/-)-3-(2-carboxypiperazin-4-yl)-propyl-1-phosphonic acid (CPP) [N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist], but not 1,2,3, 4-tetrahydro-6-nitro-2,3-dioxo-benzo[f]quinoxaline-7-sulfonamide disodium [NBQX (non-NMDA receptor antagonist)], into the STN attenuated the early and late excitations in GP neurons, suggesting that cortico-subthalamic transmission is mediated mainly by NMDA receptors. Interference with the pallido-subthalamic transmission by bicuculline (GABA(A) receptor antagonist) injection into the STN made the inhibition distinct without affecting the early excitation. The present results indicate that the cortico-subthalamo-pallidal pathway conveys powerful excitatory effects from the motor-related cortical areas to the GP with shorter conduction time than the effects conveyed through the striatum.
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- A Nambu
- Department of Neurobiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute for Neuroscience, Tokyo Metropolitan Organization for Medical Research, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8526, Japan.
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Gonz�lez-Hern�ndez T, Rodr�guez M. Compartmental organization and chemical profile of dopaminergic and GABAergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the rat. J Comp Neurol 2000. [DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-9861(20000522)421:1<107::aid-cne7>3.0.co;2-f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Schubotz RI, Friederici AD, von Cramon DY. Time perception and motor timing: a common cortical and subcortical basis revealed by fMRI. Neuroimage 2000; 11:1-12. [PMID: 10686112 DOI: 10.1006/nimg.1999.0514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Though it is well known that humans perceive the temporal features of the environment incessantly, the brain mechanisms underlying temporal processing are relatively unexplored. Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used in this study to identify brain activations during sustained perceptual analysis of auditorally and visually presented temporal patterns (rhythms). Our findings show that the neural network supporting time perception involves the same brain areas that are responsible for the temporal planning and coordination of movements. These results indicate that time perception and motor timing rely on similar cerebral structures.
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- R I Schubotz
- Max-Planck-Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Stephanstrasse 1a, Leipzig, 04303, Germany
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