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Yang F, Zhu H, Cao X, Li H, Fang X, Yu L, Li S, Wu Z, Li C, Zhang C, Tian X. Impaired motor-to-sensory transformation mediates auditory hallucinations. PLoS Biol 2024; 22:e3002836. [PMID: 39361912 PMCID: PMC11449488 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2024] [Accepted: 09/06/2024] [Indexed: 10/05/2024] Open
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Distinguishing reality from hallucinations requires efficient monitoring of agency. It has been hypothesized that a copy of motor signals, termed efference copy (EC) or corollary discharge (CD), suppresses sensory responses to yield a sense of agency; impairment of the inhibitory function leads to hallucinations. However, how can the sole absence of inhibition yield positive symptoms of hallucinations? We hypothesize that selective impairments in functionally distinct signals of CD and EC during motor-to-sensory transformation cause the positive symptoms of hallucinations. In an electroencephalography (EEG) experiment with a delayed articulation paradigm in schizophrenic patients with (AVHs) and without auditory verbal hallucinations (non-AVHs), we found that preparing to speak without knowing the contents (general preparation) did not suppress auditory responses in both patient groups, suggesting the absent of inhibitory function of CD. Whereas, preparing to speak a syllable (specific preparation) enhanced the auditory responses to the prepared syllable in non-AVHs, whereas AVHs showed enhancement in responses to unprepared syllables, opposite to the observations in the normal population, suggesting that the enhancement function of EC is not precise in AVHs. A computational model with a virtual lesion of an inhibitory inter-neuron and disproportional sensitization of auditory cortices fitted the empirical data and further quantified the distinct impairments in motor-to-sensory transformation in AVHs. These results suggest that "broken" CD plus "noisy" EC causes erroneous monitoring of the imprecise generation of internal auditory representation and yields auditory hallucinations. Specific impairments in functional granularity of motor-to-sensory transformation mediate positivity symptoms of agency abnormality in mental disorders.
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- Fuyin Yang
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (Ministry of Education), School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning; Division of Arts and Sciences, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (Ministry of Education), School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Institute of Psychology and Behavioral Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Psychotic Disorders, Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (Ministry of Education), School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
- Shanghai Frontiers Science Center of Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning; Division of Arts and Sciences, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai, China
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Quass GL, Rogalla MM, Ford AN, Apostolides PF. Mixed Representations of Sound and Action in the Auditory Midbrain. J Neurosci 2024; 44:e1831232024. [PMID: 38918064 PMCID: PMC11270520 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1831-23.2024] [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: 09/26/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/14/2024] [Indexed: 06/27/2024] Open
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Linking sensory input and its consequences is a fundamental brain operation. During behavior, the neural activity of neocortical and limbic systems often reflects dynamic combinations of sensory and task-dependent variables, and these "mixed representations" are suggested to be important for perception, learning, and plasticity. However, the extent to which such integrative computations might occur outside of the forebrain is less clear. Here, we conduct cellular-resolution two-photon Ca2+ imaging in the superficial "shell" layers of the inferior colliculus (IC), as head-fixed mice of either sex perform a reward-based psychometric auditory task. We find that the activity of individual shell IC neurons jointly reflects auditory cues, mice's actions, and behavioral trial outcomes, such that trajectories of neural population activity diverge depending on mice's behavioral choice. Consequently, simple classifier models trained on shell IC neuron activity can predict trial-by-trial outcomes, even when training data are restricted to neural activity occurring prior to mice's instrumental actions. Thus, in behaving mice, auditory midbrain neurons transmit a population code that reflects a joint representation of sound, actions, and task-dependent variables.
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- Gunnar L Quass
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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- Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
- Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
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Brown ST, Medina-Pizarro M, Holla M, Vaaga CE, Raman IM. Simple spike patterns and synaptic mechanisms encoding sensory and motor signals in Purkinje cells and the cerebellar nuclei. Neuron 2024; 112:1848-1861.e4. [PMID: 38492575 PMCID: PMC11156563 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2024.02.014] [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: 03/28/2022] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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Whisker stimulation in awake mice evokes transient suppression of simple spike probability in crus I/II Purkinje cells. Here, we investigated how simple spike suppression arises synaptically, what it encodes, and how it affects cerebellar output. In vitro, monosynaptic parallel fiber (PF)-excitatory postsynaptic currents (EPSCs) facilitated strongly, whereas disynaptic inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) remained stable, maximizing relative inhibitory strength at the onset of PF activity. Short-term plasticity thus favors the inhibition of Purkinje spikes before PFs facilitate. In vivo, whisker stimulation evoked a 2-6 ms synchronous spike suppression, just 6-8 ms (∼4 synaptic delays) after sensory onset, whereas active whisker movements elicited broadly timed spike rate increases that did not modulate sensory-evoked suppression. Firing in the cerebellar nuclei (CbN) inversely correlated with disinhibition from sensory-evoked simple spike suppressions but was decoupled from slow, non-synchronous movement-associated elevations of Purkinje firing rates. Synchrony thus allows the CbN to high-pass filter Purkinje inputs, facilitating sensory-evoked cerebellar outputs that can drive movements.
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- Spencer T Brown
- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA; Northwestern University Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA.
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Kourakis MJ, Ryan K, Newman-Smith ED, Meinertzhagen IA, Smith WC. Deep homologies in chordate caudal central nervous systems. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.06.03.597227. [PMID: 38895365 PMCID: PMC11185728 DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.03.597227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/21/2024]
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Invertebrate chordates, such as the tunicate Ciona, can offer insight into the evolution of the chordate phylum. Anatomical features that are shared between invertebrate chordates and vertebrates may be taken as evidence of their presence in a common chordate ancestor. The central nervous systems of Ciona larvae and vertebrates share a similar anatomy despite the Ciona CNS having ~180 neurons. However, the depth of conservation between the Ciona CNS and those in vertebrates is not resolved. The Ciona caudal CNS, while appearing spinal cord-like, has hitherto been thought to lack motor neurons, bringing into question its homology with the vertebrate spinal cord. We show here that the Ciona larval caudal CNS does, in fact, have functional motor neurons along its length, pointing to the presence of a spinal cord-like structure at the base of the chordates. We extend our analysis of shared CNS anatomy further to explore the Ciona "motor ganglion", which has been proposed to be a homolog of the vertebrate hindbrain, spinal cord, or both. We find that a cluster of neurons in the dorsal motor ganglion shares anatomical location, developmental pathway, neural circuit architecture, and gene expression with the vertebrate cerebellum. However, functionally, the Ciona cluster appears to have more in common with vertebrate cerebellum-like structures, insofar as it receives and processes direct sensory input. These findings are consistent with earlier speculation that the cerebellum evolved from a cerebellum-like structure, and suggest that the latter structure was present in the dorsal hindbrain of a common chordate ancestor.
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- Matthew J Kourakis
- Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 93106
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- Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3H 1A5
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- Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 93106
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- Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 93106
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, USA 93106
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Wang H, Ali Y, Max L. Perceptual formant discrimination during speech movement planning. PLoS One 2024; 19:e0301514. [PMID: 38564597 PMCID: PMC10986972 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0301514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2024] [Indexed: 04/04/2024] Open
Abstract
Evoked potential studies have shown that speech planning modulates auditory cortical responses. The phenomenon's functional relevance is unknown. We tested whether, during this time window of cortical auditory modulation, there is an effect on speakers' perceptual sensitivity for vowel formant discrimination. Participants made same/different judgments for pairs of stimuli consisting of a pre-recorded, self-produced vowel and a formant-shifted version of the same production. Stimuli were presented prior to a "go" signal for speaking, prior to passive listening, and during silent reading. The formant discrimination stimulus /uh/ was tested with a congruent productions list (words with /uh/) and an incongruent productions list (words without /uh/). Logistic curves were fitted to participants' responses, and the just-noticeable difference (JND) served as a measure of discrimination sensitivity. We found a statistically significant effect of condition (worst discrimination before speaking) without congruency effect. Post-hoc pairwise comparisons revealed that JND was significantly greater before speaking than during silent reading. Thus, formant discrimination sensitivity was reduced during speech planning regardless of the congruence between discrimination stimulus and predicted acoustic consequences of the planned speech movements. This finding may inform ongoing efforts to determine the functional relevance of the previously reported modulation of auditory processing during speech planning.
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- Hantao Wang
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Zhou W, Schneider DM. Learning within a sensory-motor circuit links action to expected outcome. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.02.08.579532. [PMID: 38370770 PMCID: PMC10871315 DOI: 10.1101/2024.02.08.579532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2024]
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The cortex integrates sound- and movement-related signals to predict the acoustic consequences of behavior and detect violations from expectations. Although expectation- and prediction-related activity has been observed in the auditory cortex of humans, monkeys, and mice during vocal and non-vocal acoustic behaviors, the specific cortical circuitry required for forming memories, recalling expectations, and making predictions remains unknown. By combining closed-loop behavior, electrophysiological recordings, longitudinal pharmacology, and targeted optogenetic circuit activation, we identify a cortical locus for the emergence of expectation and error signals. Movement-related expectation signals and sound-related error signals emerge in parallel in the auditory cortex and are concentrated in largely distinct neurons, consistent with a compartmentalization of different prediction-related computations. On a trial-by-trial basis, expectation and error signals are correlated in auditory cortex, consistent with a local circuit implementation of an internal model. Silencing the auditory cortex during motor-sensory learning prevents the emergence of expectation signals and error signals, revealing the auditory cortex as a necessary node for learning to make predictions. Prediction-like signals can be experimentally induced in the auditory cortex, even in the absence of behavioral experience, by pairing optogenetic motor cortical activation with sound playback, indicating that cortical circuits are sufficient for movement-like predictive processing. Finally, motor-sensory experience realigns the manifold dimensions in which auditory cortical populations encode movement and sound, consistent with predictive processing. These findings show that prediction-related signals reshape auditory cortex dynamics during behavior and reveal a cortical locus for the emergence of expectation and error.
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- WenXi Zhou
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY, 10012
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Hong 洪卉 H, Moore LA, Apostolides PF, Trussell LO. Calcium-Sensitive Subthreshold Oscillations and Electrical Coupling in Principal Cells of Mouse Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus. J Neurosci 2024; 44:e0106202023. [PMID: 37968120 PMCID: PMC10860609 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0106-20.2023] [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: 01/14/2020] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/08/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023] Open
Abstract
In higher sensory brain regions, slow oscillations (0.5-5 Hz) associated with quiet wakefulness and attention modulate multisensory integration, predictive coding, and perception. Although often assumed to originate via thalamocortical mechanisms, the extent to which subcortical sensory pathways are independently capable of slow oscillatory activity is unclear. We find that in the first station for auditory processing, the cochlear nucleus, fusiform cells from juvenile mice (of either sex) generate robust 1-2 Hz oscillations in membrane potential and exhibit electrical resonance. Such oscillations were absent prior to the onset of hearing, intrinsically generated by hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated (HCN) and persistent Na+ conductances (NaP) interacting with passive membrane properties, and reflected the intrinsic resonance properties of fusiform cells. Cx36-containing gap junctions facilitated oscillation strength and promoted pairwise synchrony of oscillations between neighboring neurons. The strength of oscillations were strikingly sensitive to external Ca2+, disappearing at concentrations >1.7 mM, due in part to the shunting effect of small-conductance calcium-activated potassium (SK) channels. This effect explains their apparent absence in previous in vitro studies of cochlear nucleus which routinely employed high-Ca2+ extracellular solution. In contrast, oscillations were amplified in reduced Ca2+ solutions, due to relief of suppression by Ca2+ of Na+ channel gating. Our results thus reveal mechanisms for synchronous oscillatory activity in auditory brainstem, suggesting that slow oscillations, and by extension their perceptual effects, may originate at the earliest stages of sensory processing.
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- Hui Hong 洪卉
- Oregon Hearing Research Center and Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland 97239, Oregon
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland 97239, Oregon
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland 97239, Oregon
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- Oregon Hearing Research Center and Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland 97239, Oregon
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Rummell BP, Bikas S, Babl SS, Gogos JA, Sigurdsson T. Altered corollary discharge signaling in the auditory cortex of a mouse model of schizophrenia predisposition. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7388. [PMID: 37968289 PMCID: PMC10651874 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42964-2] [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: 12/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2023] [Indexed: 11/17/2023] Open
Abstract
The ability to distinguish sensations that are self-generated from those caused by external events is disrupted in schizophrenia patients. However, the neural circuit abnormalities underlying this sensory impairment and its relationship to the risk factors for the disease is not well understood. To address this, we examined the processing of self-generated sounds in male Df(16)A+/- mice, which model one of the largest genetic risk factors for schizophrenia, the 22q11.2 microdeletion. We find that auditory cortical neurons in Df(16)A+/- mice fail to attenuate their responses to self-generated sounds, recapitulating deficits seen in schizophrenia patients. Notably, the auditory cortex of Df(16)A+/- mice displayed weaker motor-related signals and received fewer inputs from the motor cortex, suggesting an anatomical basis underlying the sensory deficit. These results provide insights into the mechanisms by which a major genetic risk factor for schizophrenia disrupts the top-down processing of sensory information.
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- Brian P Rummell
- Institute of Neurophysiology, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany
- Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI) for Neuroscience in Cooperation with Max Planck Society, 60528, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain and Behavior Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA
- Departments of Physiology, Neuroscience and Psychiatry, Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Institute of Neurophysiology, Goethe University, Theodor-Stern Kai 7, 60590, Frankfurt, Germany.
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Audette NJ, Schneider DM. Stimulus-Specific Prediction Error Neurons in Mouse Auditory Cortex. J Neurosci 2023; 43:7119-7129. [PMID: 37699716 PMCID: PMC10601367 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0512-23.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2023] [Revised: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 09/04/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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Comparing expectation with experience is an important neural computation performed throughout the brain and is a hallmark of predictive processing. Experiments that alter the sensory outcome of an animal's behavior reveal enhanced neural responses to unexpected self-generated stimuli, indicating that populations of neurons in sensory cortex may reflect prediction errors (PEs), mismatches between expectation and experience. However, enhanced neural responses to self-generated stimuli could also arise through nonpredictive mechanisms, such as the movement-based facilitation of a neuron's inherent sound responses. If sensory prediction error neurons exist in sensory cortex, it is unknown whether they manifest as general error responses, or respond with specificity to errors in distinct stimulus dimensions. To answer these questions, we trained mice of either sex to expect the outcome of a simple sound-generating behavior and recorded auditory cortex activity as mice heard either the expected sound or sounds that deviated from expectation in one of multiple distinct dimensions. Our data reveal that the auditory cortex learns to suppress responses to self-generated sounds along multiple acoustic dimensions simultaneously. We identify a distinct population of auditory cortex neurons that are not responsive to passive sounds or to the expected sound but that encode prediction errors. These prediction error neurons are abundant only in animals with a learned motor-sensory expectation, and encode one or two specific violations rather than a generic error signal. Together, these findings reveal that cortical predictions about self-generated sounds have specificity in multiple simultaneous dimensions and that cortical prediction error neurons encode specific violations from expectation.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Audette et. al record neural activity in the auditory cortex while mice perform a sound-generating forelimb movement and measure neural responses to sounds that violate an animal's expectation in different ways. They find that predictions about self-generated sounds are highly specific across multiple stimulus dimensions and that a population of typically nonsound-responsive neurons respond to sounds that violate an animal's expectation in a specific way. These results identify specific prediction error (PE) signals in the mouse auditory cortex and suggest that errors may be calculated early in sensory processing.
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- Nicholas J Audette
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, New York 10003
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Wang H, Ali Y, Max L. Perceptual formant discrimination during speech movement planning. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.11.561423. [PMID: 37873157 PMCID: PMC10592784 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.11.561423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
Evoked potential studies have shown that speech planning modulates auditory cortical responses. The phenomenon's functional relevance is unknown. We tested whether, during this time window of cortical auditory modulation, there is an effect on speakers' perceptual sensitivity for vowel formant discrimination. Participants made same/different judgments for pairs of stimuli consisting of a pre-recorded, self-produced vowel and a formant-shifted version of the same production. Stimuli were presented prior to a "go" signal for speaking, prior to passive listening, and during silent reading. The formant discrimination stimulus /uh/ was tested with a congruent productions list (words with /uh/) and an incongruent productions list (words without /uh/). Logistic curves were fitted to participants' responses, and the just-noticeable difference (JND) served as a measure of discrimination sensitivity. We found a statistically significant effect of condition (worst discrimination before speaking) without congruency effect. Post-hoc pairwise comparisons revealed that JND was significantly greater before speaking than during silent reading. Thus, formant discrimination sensitivity was reduced during speech planning regardless of the congruence between discrimination stimulus and predicted acoustic consequences of the planned speech movements. This finding may inform ongoing efforts to determine the functional relevance of the previously reported modulation of auditory processing during speech planning.
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- Hantao Wang
- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Chinta S, Pluta SR. Neural mechanisms for the localization of unexpected external motion. Nat Commun 2023; 14:6112. [PMID: 37777516 PMCID: PMC10542789 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41755-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Accepted: 09/15/2023] [Indexed: 10/02/2023] Open
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To localize objects during active sensing, animals must differentiate stimuli caused by volitional movement from real-world object motion. To determine a neural basis for this ability, we examined the mouse superior colliculus (SC), which contains multiple egocentric maps of sensorimotor space. By placing mice in a whisker-guided virtual reality, we discovered a rapidly adapting tactile response that transiently emerged during externally generated gains in whisker contact. Responses to self-generated touch that matched self-generated history were significantly attenuated, revealing that transient response magnitude is controlled by sensorimotor predictions. The magnitude of the transient response gradually decreased with repetitions in external motion, revealing a slow habituation based on external history. The direction of external motion was accurately encoded in the firing rates of transiently responsive neurons. These data reveal that whisker-specific adaptation and sensorimotor predictions in SC neurons enhance the localization of unexpected, externally generated changes in tactile space.
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- Suma Chinta
- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
- Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
- Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
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Huson V, Newman L, Regehr WG. A Continuum of Response Properties across the Population of Unipolar Brush Cells in the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus. J Neurosci 2023; 43:6035-6045. [PMID: 37507229 PMCID: PMC10451148 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0873-23.2023] [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: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 07/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Unipolar brush cells (UBCs) in the cerebellum and dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) perform temporal transformations by converting brief mossy fiber bursts into long-lasting responses. In the cerebellar UBC population, mixing inhibition with graded mGluR1-dependent excitation leads to a continuum of temporal responses. In the DCN, it has been thought that mGluR1 contributes little to mossy fiber responses and that there are distinct excitatory and inhibitory UBC subtypes. Here, we investigate UBC response properties using noninvasive cell-attached recordings in the DCN of mice of either sex. We find a continuum of responses to mossy fiber bursts ranging from 100 ms excitation to initial inhibition followed by several seconds of excitation to inhibition lasting for hundreds of milliseconds. Pharmacological interrogation reveals excitatory responses are primarily mediated by mGluR1 Thus, UBCs in both the DCN and cerebellum rely on mGluR1 and have a continuum of response durations. The continuum of responses in the DCN may allow more flexible and efficient temporal processing than can be achieved with distinct excitatory and inhibitory populations.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT UBCs are specialized excitatory interneurons in cerebellar-like structures that greatly prolong the temporal responses of mossy fiber inputs. They are thought to help cancel out self-generated signals. In the DCN, the prevailing view was that there are two distinct ON and OFF subtypes of UBCs. Here, we show that instead the UBC population has a continuum of response properties. Many cells show suppression and excitation consecutively, and the response durations vary considerably. mGluR1s are crucial in generating a continuum of responses. To understand how UBCs contribute to temporal processing, it is essential to consider the continuous variations of UBC responses, which have advantages over just having opposing ON/OFF subtypes of UBCs.
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- Vincent Huson
- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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- Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Fukutomi M, Carlson BA. Hormonal coordination of motor output and internal prediction of sensory consequences in an electric fish. Curr Biol 2023; 33:3350-3359.e4. [PMID: 37490922 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/27/2023]
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Steroid hormones remodel neural networks to induce seasonal or developmental changes in behavior. Hormonal changes in behavior likely require coordinated changes in sensorimotor integration. Here, we investigate hormonal effects on a predictive motor signal, termed corollary discharge, that modulates sensory processing in weakly electric mormyrid fish. In the electrosensory pathway mediating communication behavior, inhibition activated by a corollary discharge blocks sensory responses to self-generated electric pulses, allowing the downstream circuit to selectively analyze communication signals from nearby fish. These pulses are elongated by increasing testosterone levels in males during the breeding season. We induced electric-pulse elongation using testosterone treatment and found that the timing of electroreceptor responses to self-generated pulses was delayed as electric-pulse duration increased. Simultaneous recordings from an electrosensory nucleus and electromotor neurons revealed that the timing of corollary discharge inhibition was delayed and elongated by testosterone. Furthermore, this shift in the timing of corollary discharge inhibition was precisely matched to the shift in timing of receptor responses to self-generated pulses. We then asked whether the shift in inhibition timing was caused by direct action of testosterone on the corollary discharge circuit or by plasticity acting on the circuit in response to altered sensory feedback. We surgically silenced the electric organ of fish and found similar hormonal modulation of corollary discharge timing between intact and silent fish, suggesting that sensory feedback was not required for this shift. Our findings demonstrate that testosterone directly regulates motor output and internal prediction of the resulting sensory consequences in a coordinated manner.
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- Matasaburo Fukutomi
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63130, USA.
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Muller SZ, Abbott LF, Sawtell NB. A mechanism for differential control of axonal and dendritic spiking underlying learning in a cerebellum-like circuit. Curr Biol 2023; 33:2657-2667.e4. [PMID: 37311457 PMCID: PMC10524478 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.05.040] [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: 02/24/2023] [Revised: 04/06/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In addition to the action potentials used for axonal signaling, many neurons generate dendritic "spikes" associated with synaptic plasticity. However, in order to control both plasticity and signaling, synaptic inputs must be able to differentially modulate the firing of these two spike types. Here, we investigate this issue in the electrosensory lobe (ELL) of weakly electric mormyrid fish, where separate control over axonal and dendritic spikes is essential for the transmission of learned predictive signals from inhibitory interneurons to the output stage of the circuit. Through a combination of experimental and modeling studies, we uncover a novel mechanism by which sensory input selectively modulates the rate of dendritic spiking by adjusting the amplitude of backpropagating axonal action potentials. Interestingly, this mechanism does not require spatially segregated synaptic inputs or dendritic compartmentalization but relies instead on an electrotonically distant spike initiation site in the axon-a common biophysical feature of neurons.
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- Salomon Z Muller
- Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA; Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
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Lee A, Abouzari M, Akbarpour M, Risbud A, Lin HW, Djalilian HR. A proposed association between subjective nonpulsatile tinnitus and migraine. World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2023; 9:107-114. [PMID: 37383326 PMCID: PMC10296047 DOI: 10.1002/wjo2.81] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 07/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Objective Tinnitus is defined as the perception of sound in the absence of an external source. We propose the hypothesis that migraine can cause exacerbation of tinnitus in some patients. Methods English literature from PubMed has been reviewed. Results Studies have reported a high prevalence of cochlear symptoms in patients with migraine headaches and up to 45% of tinnitus patients have been shown to concomitantly suffer from migraine. Both conditions are thought to stem from central nervous system disturbances, involving disruption of the auditory and trigeminal nerve pathways. One proposed mechanism of this association is the modulation of sound sensitivity by trigeminal nerve activation of the auditory cortex during migraine attacks, resulting in tinnitus fluctuation in some patients. Increased brain and inner ear vascular permeability resulting from trigeminal nerve inflammation, can also cause observed headache and auditory symptoms. Tinnitus and migraine also share a number of symptom triggers including stress, sleep disturbances, and dietary factors. These shared features may help explain promising results of migraine therapies for the treatment of tinnitus. Conclusion Given the complex association between tinnitus and migraine, further investigation is needed to identify the underlying mechanisms and determine the optimal treatment strategies for managing migraine-related tinnitus patients.
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- Ariel Lee
- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineUSA
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineUSA
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineUSA
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineUSA
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineUSA
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- Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineUSA
- Department of Biomedical EngineeringUniversity of CaliforniaIrvineUSA
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Audette NJ, Schneider DM. Stimulus-specific prediction error neurons in mouse auditory cortex. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.06.523032. [PMID: 36711690 PMCID: PMC9881916 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.06.523032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Comparing expectation with experience is an important neural computation performed throughout the brain and is a hallmark of predictive processing. Experiments that alter the sensory outcome of an animal's behavior reveal enhanced neural responses to unexpected self-generated stimuli, indicating that populations of neurons in sensory cortex may reflect prediction errors - mismatches between expectation and experience. However, enhanced neural responses to self-generated stimuli could also arise through non-predictive mechanisms, such as the movement-based facilitation of a neuron's inherent sound responses. If sensory prediction error neurons exist in sensory cortex, it is unknown whether they manifest as general error responses, or respond with specificity to errors in distinct stimulus dimensions. To answer these questions, we trained mice to expect the outcome of a simple sound-generating behavior and recorded auditory cortex activity as mice heard either the expected sound or sounds that deviated from expectation in one of multiple distinct dimensions. Our data reveal that the auditory cortex learns to suppress responses to self-generated sounds along multiple acoustic dimensions simultaneously. We identify a distinct population of auditory cortex neurons that are not responsive to passive sounds or to the expected sound but that explicitly encode prediction errors. These prediction error neurons are abundant only in animals with a learned motor-sensory expectation, and encode one or two specific violations rather than a generic error signal.
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- Nicholas J Audette
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA
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Lube AJ, Ma X, Carlson BA. Spike timing-dependent plasticity alters electrosensory neuron synaptic strength in vitro but does not consistently predict changes in sensory tuning in vivo. J Neurophysiol 2023; 129:1127-1144. [PMID: 37073981 PMCID: PMC10151048 DOI: 10.1152/jn.00498.2022] [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: 12/12/2022] [Revised: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 04/13/2023] [Indexed: 04/20/2023] Open
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How do sensory systems optimize detection of behaviorally relevant stimuli when the sensory environment is constantly changing? We addressed the role of spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) in driving changes in synaptic strength in a sensory pathway and whether those changes in synaptic strength could alter sensory tuning. It is challenging to precisely control temporal patterns of synaptic activity in vivo and replicate those patterns in vitro in behaviorally relevant ways. This makes it difficult to make connections between STDP-induced changes in synaptic physiology and plasticity in sensory systems. Using the mormyrid species Brevimyrus niger and Brienomyrus brachyistius, which produce electric organ discharges for electrolocation and communication, we can precisely control the timing of synaptic input in vivo and replicate these same temporal patterns of synaptic input in vitro. In central electrosensory neurons in the electric communication pathway, using whole cell intracellular recordings in vitro, we paired presynaptic input with postsynaptic spiking at different delays. Using whole cell intracellular recordings in awake, behaving fish, we paired sensory stimulation with postsynaptic spiking using the same delays. We found that Hebbian STDP predictably alters sensory tuning in vitro and is mediated by NMDA receptors. However, the change in synaptic responses induced by sensory stimulation in vivo did not adhere to the direction predicted by the STDP observed in vitro. Further analysis suggests that this difference is influenced by polysynaptic activity, including inhibitory interneurons. Our findings suggest that STDP rules operating at identified synapses may not drive predictable changes in sensory responses at the circuit level.NEW & NOTEWORTHY We replicated behaviorally relevant temporal patterns of synaptic activity in vitro and used the same patterns during sensory stimulation in vivo. There was a Hebbian spike timing-dependent plasticity (STDP) pattern in vitro, but sensory responses in vivo did not shift according to STDP predictions. Analysis suggests that this disparity is influenced by differences in polysynaptic activity, including inhibitory interneurons. These results suggest that STDP rules at synapses in vitro do not necessarily apply to circuits in vivo.
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- Adalee J Lube
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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Press C, Thomas ER, Yon D. Cancelling cancellation? Sensorimotor control, agency, and prediction. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2023; 145:105012. [PMID: 36565943 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.105012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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For decades, classic theories of action control and action awareness have been built around the idea that the brain predictively 'cancels' expected action outcomes from perception. However, recent research casts doubt over this basic premise. What do these new findings mean for classic accounts of action? Should we now 'cancel' old data, theories and approaches generated under this idea? In this paper, we argue 'No'. While doubts about predictive cancellation may urge us to fundamentally rethink how predictions shape perception, the wider pyramid using these ideas to explain action control and agentic experiences can remain largely intact. Some adaptive functions assigned to predictive cancellation can be achieved through quasi-predictive processes, that influence perception without actively tracking the probabilistic structure of the environment. Other functions may rely upon truly predictive processes, but not require that these predictions cancel perception. Appreciating the role of these processes may help us to move forward in explaining how agents optimise their interactions with the external world, even if predictive cancellation is cancelled from theory.
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- Clare Press
- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK; Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging, UCL, 12 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AR, UK.
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- Neuroscience Institute, New York University School of Medicine, 550 1st Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
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- Department of Psychological Sciences, Birkbeck, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
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Focusing on the Emerging Role of Kainate Receptors in the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus (DCN) and Cerebellum. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:ijms24021718. [PMID: 36675230 PMCID: PMC9865595 DOI: 10.3390/ijms24021718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 12/31/2022] [Accepted: 01/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Mammals have a dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN), which is thought to be a cerebellum-like structure with similar features in terms of structure and microcircuitry to the cerebellum. Both the DCN and cerebellum perform their functions depending on synaptic and neuronal networks mediated by various glutamate receptors. Kainate receptors (KARs) are one class of the glutamate receptor family and are strongly expressed in the hippocampus, the cerebellum, and cerebellum-like structures. The cellular distribution and the potential role of KARs in the hippocampus have been extensively investigated. However, the cellular distribution and the potential role of KARs in cerebellum-like structures, including the DCN and cerebellum, are poorly understood. In this review, we summarize the similarity between the DCN and cerebellum at the levels of structure, circuitry, and cell type as well as the investigations referring to the expression patterns of KARs in the DCN and cerebellum according to previous studies. Recent studies on the role of KARs have shown that KARs mediate a bidirectional modulatory effect at parallel fiber (PF)-Purkinje cell (PC) synapses in the cerebellum, implying insights into their roles in cerebellum-like structures, including the DCN, that remain to be explored in the coming years.
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Caputi AA, Rodríguez-Cattáneo A, Waddell JC, Pereira AC, Aguilera PA. Getting the news in milliseconds: The role of early novelty detection in active electrosensory exploration. Biosystems 2023; 223:104803. [PMID: 36371021 DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2022.104803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The pulse emitting weakly electric fish Gymnotus omarorum shows stereotyped "novelty responses" consisting of a transient acceleration of the rhythm of a self-emitted electric organ discharge that carries electrosensory signals. Here we show that rapid increases in electric image amplitude cause a "novelty detection potential" in the first electrosensory relay. This sign precedes and its amplitude predicts, the amplitude of the subsequent behavioral novelty response. Current source density analyses indicates its origin ar the layers of the electrosensory lobe where the main output neurons occur. Two types of units, referred to as "ON" and "OFF". Were recorded there in decerebrated fish. Firing probability of "OFF" units drastically decreased after a stepwise increase in electric image. By contrast, the very first novel stimuli after the increase evoked a sharp peak in firing rate of "ON" units followed by a very fast adaptation phase that contrasted with the slow adaptation observed in previous recordings of primary afferents. The amplitudes of this peak, the novelty detection potential, and the behavioral novelty responses, show the same dependence on the departure of the newest stimulus intensity from the weighted average of preceding ones suggesting that the signals encoded by "ON" neurons underlay the novelty detection potential, propagates through the hierarchical organization of the electromotor control, and finally contribute to accelerate the electric organ discharge rate. This suggests that detecting novelty at the very early processing stage of electrosensory signals is essential to adapt the electrosensory sampling rate to exploration requirements as they change dynamically.
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- Angel A Caputi
- Departamento de Neurociencias Integrativas y Computacionales, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable Av, Italia, 3318, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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- Departamento de Neurociencias Integrativas y Computacionales, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable Av, Italia, 3318, Montevideo, Uruguay; Departamento de Fisiología, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de La República, Gral. Flores, 2515, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Neurociencias Integrativas y Computacionales, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable Av, Italia, 3318, Montevideo, Uruguay; Department of Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Departamento de Neurociencias Integrativas y Computacionales, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable Av, Italia, 3318, Montevideo, Uruguay; Consejo de Formación en Educación, Administración Nacional de Educación Pública, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Departamento de Neurociencias Integrativas y Computacionales, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable Av, Italia, 3318, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Audette NJ, Zhou W, La Chioma A, Schneider DM. Precise movement-based predictions in the mouse auditory cortex. Curr Biol 2022; 32:4925-4940.e6. [PMID: 36283411 PMCID: PMC9691550 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.09.064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Many of the sensations experienced by an organism are caused by their own actions, and accurately anticipating both the sensory features and timing of self-generated stimuli is crucial to a variety of behaviors. In the auditory cortex, neural responses to self-generated sounds exhibit frequency-specific suppression, suggesting that movement-based predictions may be implemented early in sensory processing. However, it remains unknown whether this modulation results from a behaviorally specific and temporally precise prediction, nor is it known whether corresponding expectation signals are present locally in the auditory cortex. To address these questions, we trained mice to expect the precise acoustic outcome of a forelimb movement using a closed-loop sound-generating lever. Dense neuronal recordings in the auditory cortex revealed suppression of responses to self-generated sounds that was specific to the expected acoustic features, to a precise position within the movement, and to the movement that was coupled to sound during training. Prediction-based suppression was concentrated in L2/3 and L5, where deviations from expectation also recruited a population of prediction-error neurons that was otherwise unresponsive. Recording in the absence of sound revealed abundant movement signals in deep layers that were biased toward neurons tuned to the expected sound, as well as expectation signals that were present throughout the cortex and peaked at the time of expected auditory feedback. Together, these findings identify distinct populations of auditory cortical neurons with movement, expectation, and error signals consistent with a learned internal model linking an action to its specific acoustic outcome.
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- Nicholas J Audette
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA.
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Lohse M, Zimmer-Harwood P, Dahmen JC, King AJ. Integration of somatosensory and motor-related information in the auditory system. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:1010211. [PMID: 36330342 PMCID: PMC9622781 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.1010211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
Abstract
An ability to integrate information provided by different sensory modalities is a fundamental feature of neurons in many brain areas. Because visual and auditory inputs often originate from the same external object, which may be located some distance away from the observer, the synthesis of these cues can improve localization accuracy and speed up behavioral responses. By contrast, multisensory interactions occurring close to the body typically involve a combination of tactile stimuli with other sensory modalities. Moreover, most activities involving active touch generate sound, indicating that stimuli in these modalities are frequently experienced together. In this review, we examine the basis for determining sound-source distance and the contribution of auditory inputs to the neural encoding of space around the body. We then consider the perceptual consequences of combining auditory and tactile inputs in humans and discuss recent evidence from animal studies demonstrating how cortical and subcortical areas work together to mediate communication between these senses. This research has shown that somatosensory inputs interface with and modulate sound processing at multiple levels of the auditory pathway, from the cochlear nucleus in the brainstem to the cortex. Circuits involving inputs from the primary somatosensory cortex to the auditory midbrain have been identified that mediate suppressive effects of whisker stimulation on auditory thalamocortical processing, providing a possible basis for prioritizing the processing of tactile cues from nearby objects. Close links also exist between audition and movement, and auditory responses are typically suppressed by locomotion and other actions. These movement-related signals are thought to cancel out self-generated sounds, but they may also affect auditory responses via the associated somatosensory stimulation or as a result of changes in brain state. Together, these studies highlight the importance of considering both multisensory context and movement-related activity in order to understand how the auditory cortex operates during natural behaviors, paving the way for future work to investigate auditory-somatosensory interactions in more ecological situations.
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Ahn MH, Alsabbagh N, Lee HJ, Kim HJ, Jung MH, Hong SK. Neurobiological Signatures of Auditory False Perception and Phantom Perception as a Consequence of Sensory Prediction Errors. BIOLOGY 2022; 11:biology11101501. [PMID: 36290405 PMCID: PMC9598671 DOI: 10.3390/biology11101501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2022] [Revised: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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In this study, we hypothesized that top-down sensory prediction error due to peripheral hearing loss might influence sensorimotor integration using the efference copy (EC) signals as functional connections between auditory and motor brain areas. Using neurophysiological methods, we demonstrated that the auditory responses to self-generated sound were not suppressed in a group of patients with tinnitus accompanied by significant hearing impairment and in a schizophrenia group. However, the response was attenuated in a group with tinnitus accompanied by mild hearing impairment, similar to a healthy control group. The bias of attentional networks to self-generated sound was also observed in the subjects with tinnitus with significant hearing impairment compared to those with mild hearing impairment and healthy subjects, but it did not reach the notable disintegration found in those in the schizophrenia group. Even though the present study had significant constraints in that we did not include hearing loss subjects without tinnitus, these results might suggest that auditory deafferentation (hearing loss) may influence sensorimotor integration process using EC signals. However, the impaired sensorimotor integration in subjects with tinnitus with significant hearing impairment may have resulted from aberrant auditory signals due to sensory loss, not fundamental deficits in the reafference system, as the auditory attention network to self-generated sound is relatively well preserved in these subjects.
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- Min-Hee Ahn
- Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea
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- Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea
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- Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea
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- Department of Psychiatry, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea
- Correspondence: (M.-H.J.); (S.-K.H.); Tel.: +82-31-380-3849 (S.-K.H.)
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- Laboratory of Brain & Cognitive Sciences for Convergence Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Hallym University College of Medicine, Anyang 14068, Korea
- Correspondence: (M.-H.J.); (S.-K.H.); Tel.: +82-31-380-3849 (S.-K.H.)
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McInturff S, Coen FV, Hight AE, Tarabichi O, Kanumuri VV, Vachicouras N, Lacour SP, Lee DJ, Brown MC. Comparison of Responses to DCN vs. VCN Stimulation in a Mouse Model of the Auditory Brainstem Implant (ABI). J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 2022; 23:391-412. [PMID: 35381872 PMCID: PMC9085982 DOI: 10.1007/s10162-022-00840-8] [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: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/31/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
Abstract
The auditory brainstem implant (ABI) is an auditory neuroprosthesis that provides hearing to deaf patients by electrically stimulating the cochlear nucleus (CN) of the brainstem. Whether such stimulation activates one or the other of the CN's two major subdivisions is not known. Here, we demonstrate clear response differences from the stimulation of the dorsal (D) vs. ventral (V) subdivisions of the CN in a mouse model of the ABI with a surface-stimulating electrode array. For the DCN, low levels of stimulation evoked multiunit responses in the inferior colliculus (IC) that were unimodally distributed with early latencies (avg. peak latency of 3.3 ms). However, high levels of stimulation evoked a bimodal distribution with the addition of a late latency response peak (avg. peak latency of 7.1 ms). For the VCN, in contrast, electrical stimulation elicited multiunit responses that were usually unimodal and had a latency similar to the DCN's late response. Local field potentials (LFP) from the IC showed components that correlated with early and late multiunit responses. Surgical cuts to sever the output of the DCN, the dorsal acoustic stria (DAS), gave insight into the origin of these early and late responses. Cuts eliminated early responses but had little-to-no effect on late responses. The early responses thus originate from cells that project through the DAS, such as DCN's pyramidal and giant cells. Late responses likely arise from the spread of stimulation from a DCN-placed electrode array to the VCN and could originate in bushy and/or stellate cells. In human ABI users, the spread of stimulation in the CN may result in abnormal response patterns that could hinder performance.
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- Stephen McInturff
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.
- Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, Institute of Microengineering, Institute of Bioengineering, Centre for Neuroprosthetics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1202, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, Institute of Microengineering, Institute of Bioengineering, Centre for Neuroprosthetics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1202, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, Institute of Microengineering, Institute of Bioengineering, Centre for Neuroprosthetics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), 1202, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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黄 威, 梁 妃. [Neural mechanism for modulation of auditory response of the striatum by locomotion]. NAN FANG YI KE DA XUE XUE BAO = JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY 2022; 42:766-771. [PMID: 35673923 PMCID: PMC9178645 DOI: 10.12122/j.issn.1673-4254.2022.05.20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore whether the characteristic responses to sound stimulations of the auditory neurons in the striatum is regulated in different behavioral states. METHODS The auditory neurons in the striatum of awake C57BL/6J mice were selected for this study. We recorded the auditory response of the striatum to noises over a long period of time by building a synchronous in vivo electrophysiological and locomotion recording system and using glass microelectrode attachment recording. By analyzing the running speed of the mice, the behavioral states of the mice were divided into the quiet state and the active state, and the spontaneous activity and evoked responses of the auditory neurons in the striatum were analyzed in these two states. RESULTS Compared with those recorded in the quiet state, the spontaneous activity of the auditory neurons in the striatum of the mice increased significantly (37.06±12.02 vs 18.51±10.91, P < 0.001) while the auditory response of the neurons decreased significantly (noise intensity=60 dB, 3.45±2.99 vs 3.04±2.76, P < 0.001) in the active state. CONCLUSION Locomotion has a significant inhibitory effect on the auditory response of the striatum, which may importantly contribute to the decline of sound information recognition ability in the active state.
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- 威龙 黄
- />南方医科大学生物医学工程学院数学物理系,广东 广州 510515Department of Mathematical Physics, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- />南方医科大学生物医学工程学院数学物理系,广东 广州 510515Department of Mathematical Physics, School of Biomedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Bottjer SW, Le Moing C, Li E, Yuan R. Responses to Song Playback Differ in Sleeping versus Anesthetized Songbirds. eNeuro 2022; 9:ENEURO.0015-22.2022. [PMID: 35545423 PMCID: PMC9131720 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0015-22.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2022] [Revised: 04/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Vocal learning in songbirds is mediated by a highly localized system of interconnected forebrain regions, including recurrent loops that traverse the cortex, basal ganglia, and thalamus. This brain-behavior system provides a powerful model for elucidating mechanisms of vocal learning, with implications for learning speech in human infants, as well as for advancing our understanding of skill learning in general. A long history of experiments in this area has tested neural responses to playback of different song stimuli in anesthetized birds at different stages of vocal development. These studies have demonstrated selectivity for different song types that provide neural signatures of learning. In contrast to the ease of obtaining responses to song playback in anesthetized birds, song-evoked responses in awake birds are greatly reduced or absent, indicating that behavioral state is an important determinant of neural responsivity. Song-evoked responses can be elicited during sleep as well as anesthesia, and the selectivity of responses to song playback in adult birds is highly similar between anesthetized and sleeping states, encouraging the idea that anesthesia and sleep are similar. In contrast to that idea, we report evidence that cortical responses to song playback in juvenile zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) differ greatly between sleep and urethane anesthesia. This finding indicates that behavioral states differ in sleep versus anesthesia and raises questions about relationships between developmental changes in sleep activity, selectivity for different song types, and the neural substrate for vocal learning.
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- Sarah W Bottjer
- Section of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Section of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Section of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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- Section of Neurobiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089
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Canton-Josh JE, Qin J, Salvo J, Kozorovitskiy Y. Dopaminergic regulation of vestibulo-cerebellar circuits through unipolar brush cells. eLife 2022; 11:e76912. [PMID: 35476632 PMCID: PMC9106328 DOI: 10.7554/elife.76912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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While multiple monoamines modulate cerebellar output, the mechanistic details of dopaminergic signaling in the cerebellum remain poorly understood. We show that dopamine type 1 receptors (Drd1) are expressed in unipolar brush cells (UBCs) of the mouse cerebellar vermis. Drd1 activation increases UBC firing rate and post-synaptic NMDAR -mediated currents. Using anatomical tracing and in situ hybridization, we test three hypotheses about the source of cerebellar dopamine. We exclude midbrain dopaminergic nuclei and tyrosine hydroxylase-positive Purkinje (Pkj) cells as potential sources, supporting the possibility of dopaminergic co-release from locus coeruleus (LC) axons. Using an optical dopamine sensor GRABDA2h, electrical stimulation, and optogenetic activation of LC fibers in the acute slice, we find evidence for monoamine release onto Drd1-expressing UBCs. Altogether, we propose that the LC regulates cerebellar cortex activity by co-releasing dopamine onto UBCs to modulate their response to cerebellar inputs. Pkj cells directly inhibit these Drd1-positive UBCs, forming a dopamine-sensitive recurrent vestibulo-cerebellar circuit.
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
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- Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern UniversityEvanstonUnited States
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Balmer TS, Trussell LO. Descending Axonal Projections from the Inferior Colliculus Target Nearly All Excitatory and Inhibitory Cell Types of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus. J Neurosci 2022; 42:3381-3393. [PMID: 35273085 PMCID: PMC9034789 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1190-21.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2021] [Revised: 02/24/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) integrates auditory nerve input with nonauditory sensory signals and is proposed to function in sound source localization and suppression of self-generated sounds. The DCN also integrates activity from descending auditory pathways, including a particularly large feedback projection from the inferior colliculus (IC), the main ascending target of the DCN. Understanding how these descending feedback signals are integrated into the DCN circuit and what role they play in hearing requires knowing the targeted DCN cell types and their postsynaptic responses. In order to explore these questions, neurons in the DCN that received descending synaptic input from the IC were labeled with a trans-synaptic viral approach in male and female mice, which allowed them to be targeted for whole-cell recording in acute brain slices. We tested their synaptic responses to optogenetic activation of the descending IC projection. Every cell type in the granule cell domain received monosynaptic, glutamatergic input from the IC, indicating that this region, considered an integrator of nonauditory sensory inputs, processes auditory input as well and may have complex and underappreciated roles in hearing. Additionally, we found that DCN cell types outside the granule cell regions also receive descending IC signals, including the principal projection neurons, as well as the neurons that inhibit them, leading to a circuit that may sharpen tuning through feedback excitation and lateral inhibition.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Auditory processing starts in the cochlea and ascends through the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) to the inferior colliculus (IC) and beyond. Here, we investigated the feedback projection from IC to DCN, whose synaptic targets and roles in auditory processing are unclear. We found that all cell types in the granule cell regions, which process multisensory feedback, also process this descending auditory feedback. Surprisingly, all except one cell type in the entire DCN receive IC input. The IC-DCN projection may therefore modulate the multisensory pathway as well as sharpen tuning and gate auditory signals that are sent to downstream areas. This excitatory feedback loop from DCN to IC and back to DCN could underlie hyperexcitability in DCN, widely considered an etiology of tinnitus.
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- Timothy S Balmer
- Vollum Institute and Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239
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- Vollum Institute and Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239
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Braga A, Schönwiesner M. Neural Substrates and Models of Omission Responses and Predictive Processes. Front Neural Circuits 2022; 16:799581. [PMID: 35177967 PMCID: PMC8844463 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2022.799581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Accepted: 01/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Predictive coding theories argue that deviance detection phenomena, such as mismatch responses and omission responses, are generated by predictive processes with possibly overlapping neural substrates. Molecular imaging and electrophysiology studies of mismatch responses and corollary discharge in the rodent model allowed the development of mechanistic and computational models of these phenomena. These models enable translation between human and non-human animal research and help to uncover fundamental features of change-processing microcircuitry in the neocortex. This microcircuitry is characterized by stimulus-specific adaptation and feedforward inhibition of stimulus-selective populations of pyramidal neurons and interneurons, with specific contributions from different interneuron types. The overlap of the substrates of different types of responses to deviant stimuli remains to be understood. Omission responses, which are observed both in corollary discharge and mismatch response protocols in humans, are underutilized in animal research and may be pivotal in uncovering the substrates of predictive processes. Omission studies comprise a range of methods centered on the withholding of an expected stimulus. This review aims to provide an overview of omission protocols and showcase their potential to integrate and complement the different models and procedures employed to study prediction and deviance detection.This approach may reveal the biological foundations of core concepts of predictive coding, and allow an empirical test of the framework's promise to unify theoretical models of attention and perception.
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- Alessandro Braga
- Institute of Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- International Max Plank Research School, Max Plank Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
- International Laboratory for Research on Brain, Music, and Sound (BRAMS), Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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Task-induced modulations of neuronal activity along the auditory pathway. Cell Rep 2021; 37:110115. [PMID: 34910908 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Revised: 01/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Sensory processing varies depending on behavioral context. Here, we ask how task engagement modulates neurons in the auditory system. We train mice in a simple tone-detection task and compare their neuronal activity during passive hearing and active listening. Electrophysiological extracellular recordings in the inferior colliculus, medial geniculate body, primary auditory cortex, and anterior auditory field reveal widespread modulations across all regions and cortical layers and in both putative regular- and fast-spiking cortical neurons. Clustering analysis unveils ten distinct modulation patterns that can either enhance or suppress neuronal activity. Task engagement changes the tone-onset response in most neurons. Such modulations first emerge in subcortical areas, ruling out cortical feedback as the only mechanism underlying subcortical modulations. Half the neurons additionally display late modulations associated with licking, arousal, or reward. Our results reveal the presence of functionally distinct subclasses of neurons, differentially sensitive to specific task-related variables but anatomically distributed along the auditory pathway.
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Pagella S, Deussing JM, Kopp-Scheinpflug C. Expression Patterns of the Neuropeptide Urocortin 3 and Its Receptor CRFR2 in the Mouse Central Auditory System. Front Neural Circuits 2021; 15:747472. [PMID: 34867212 PMCID: PMC8633543 DOI: 10.3389/fncir.2021.747472] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Sensory systems have to be malleable to context-dependent modulations occurring over different time scales, in order to serve their evolutionary function of informing about the external world while also eliciting survival-promoting behaviors. Stress is a major context-dependent signal that can have fast and delayed effects on sensory systems, especially on the auditory system. Urocortin 3 (UCN3) is a member of the corticotropin-releasing factor family. As a neuropeptide, UCN3 regulates synaptic activity much faster than the classic steroid hormones of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis. Moreover, due to the lack of synaptic re-uptake mechanisms, UCN3 can have more long-lasting and far-reaching effects. To date, a modest number of studies have reported the presence of UCN3 or its receptor CRFR2 in the auditory system, particularly in the cochlea and the superior olivary complex, and have highlighted the importance of this stress neuropeptide for protecting auditory function. However, a comprehensive map of all neurons synthesizing UCN3 or CRFR2 within the auditory pathway is lacking. Here, we utilize two reporter mouse lines to elucidate the expression patterns of UCN3 and CRFR2 in the auditory system. Additional immunolabelling enables further characterization of the neurons that synthesize UCN3 or CRFR2. Surprisingly, our results indicate that within the auditory system, UCN3 is expressed predominantly in principal cells, whereas CRFR2 expression is strongest in non-principal, presumably multisensory, cell types. Based on the presence or absence of overlap between UCN3 and CRFR2 labeling, our data suggest unusual modes of neuromodulation by UCN3, involving volume transmission and autocrine signaling.
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- Sara Pagella
- Division of Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Research Group Molecular Neurogenetics, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Neurobiology, Faculty of Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
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Balmer TS, Trussell LO. Trigeminal Contributions to the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus in Mouse. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:715954. [PMID: 34393720 PMCID: PMC8357187 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.715954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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The dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) is the first site of multisensory integration in the auditory pathway of mammals. The DCN circuit integrates non-auditory information, such as head and ear position, with auditory signals, and this convergence may contribute to the ability to localize sound sources or to suppress perceptions of self-generated sounds. Several extrinsic sources of these non-auditory signals have been described in various species, and among these are first- and second-order trigeminal axonal projections. Trigeminal sensory signals from the face and ears could provide the non-auditory information that the DCN requires for its role in sound source localization and cancelation of self-generated sounds, for example, head and ear position or mouth movements that could predict the production of chewing or licking sounds. There is evidence for these axonal projections in guinea pigs and rats, although the size of the pathway is smaller than might be expected for a function essential for a prey animals’ survival. However, evidence for these projections in mice, an increasingly important species in auditory neuroscience, is lacking, raising questions about the universality of such proposed functions. We therefore investigated the presence of trigeminal projections to the DCN in mice, using viral and transgenic approaches. We found that the spinal trigeminal nucleus indeed projects to DCN, targeting granule cells and unipolar brush cells. However, direct axonal projections from the trigeminal ganglion itself were undetectable. Thus, secondary brainstem sources carry non-auditory signals to the DCN in mice that could provide a processed trigeminal signal to the DCN, but primary trigeminal afferents are not integrated directly by DCN.
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- Timothy S Balmer
- Vollum Institute and Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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- Vollum Institute and Oregon Hearing Research Center, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States
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Li Y, Wang X, Li Z, Chen J, Qin L. Effect of locomotion on the auditory steady state response of head-fixed mice. World J Biol Psychiatry 2021; 22:362-372. [PMID: 32901530 DOI: 10.1080/15622975.2020.1814409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Electroencephalographic (EEG) examinations of the auditory steady-state response (ASSR) can non-invasively probe cortical function to generate the gamma-band (40 Hz) oscillation, which is increasingly applied to the neurophysiological studies on the rodent models of psychiatric disorders. Though, it has been well established that the brain activities are significantly modulated by the behavioural state (such as locomotion), how the ASSR is affected remains unclear. METHODS We investigated the effect of locomotion by recording local field potential (LFP) evoked by 40-Hz click-train from multiple brain areas: auditory cortex (AC), medial geniculate body (MGB), hippocampus (HP) and prefrontal cortex (PFC), in head-fixed mice free to run on a treadmill. Comparisons were conducted on the LFPs during spontaneous movement and stationary conditions. RESULTS We found that in both the auditory (AC and MGB) and non-auditory areas (HP and PFC), locomotion reduced the initial negative deflection of LFP (early response during 0-100 ms from stimulus onset), and had no significant effect on the ASSR phase-locking to the late stimulus (100-500 ms). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that different neural mechanisms contribute to the early response and ASSR, and the ASSR is a more robust biomarker to investigate the pathogenesis of neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Yingzhuo Li
- Department of Physiology, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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- Department of Physiology, China Medical University, Shenyang, PR China
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Essential Role of Somatic Kv2 Channels in High-Frequency Firing in Cartwheel Cells of the Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus. eNeuro 2021; 8:ENEURO.0515-20.2021. [PMID: 33837049 PMCID: PMC8116111 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0515-20.2021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Among all voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels, Kv2 channels are the most widely expressed in the mammalian brain. However, studying Kv2 in neurons has been challenging because of a lack of high-selective blockers. Recently, a peptide toxin, guangxitoxin-1E (GxTX), has been identified as a specific inhibitor of Kv2, thus facilitating the study of Kv2 in neurons. The mammalian dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN) integrates auditory and somatosensory information. In the DCN, cartwheel inhibitory interneurons receive excitatory synaptic inputs from parallel fibers conveying somatosensory information. The activation of parallel fibers drives action potentials in the cartwheel cells up to 130 Hz in vivo, and the excitation of cartwheel cells leads to the strong inhibition of principal cells. Therefore, cartwheel cells play crucial roles in monaural sound localization and cancelling detection of self-generated sounds. However, how Kv2 controls the high-frequency firing in cartwheel cells is unknown. In this study, we performed immunofluorescence labeling with anti-Kv2.1 and anti-Kv2.2 antibodies using fixed mouse brainstem slice preparations. The results revealed that Kv2.1 and Kv2.2 were largely present on the cartwheel cell body membrane but not on the axon initial segment (AIS) nor the proximal dendrite. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings using mouse brainstem slice preparation and GxTX demonstrated that blockade of Kv2 induced failure of parallel fiber-induced action potentials when parallel fibers were stimulated at high frequencies (30–100 Hz). Thus, somatic Kv2 in cartwheel cells regulates the action potentials in a frequency-dependent manner and may play important roles in the DCN function.
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Lai NY, Bell JM, Bodznick D. Multiple behavior-specific cancellation signals contribute to suppressing predictable sensory reafference in a cerebellum-like structure. J Exp Biol 2021; 224:238095. [PMID: 34424972 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.240143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Movement induces sensory stimulation of an animal's own sensory receptors, termed reafference. With a few exceptions, notably vestibular and proprioception, this reafference is unwanted sensory noise and must be selectively filtered in order to detect relevant external sensory signals. In the cerebellum-like electrosensory nucleus of elasmobranch fish, an adaptive filter preserves novel signals by generating cancellation signals that suppress predictable reafference. A parallel fiber network supplies the principal Purkinje-like neurons (called ascending efferent neurons, AENs) with behavior-associated internal reference signals, including motor corollary discharge and sensory feedback, from which predictive cancellation signals are formed. How distinct behavior-specific cancellation signals interact within AENs when multiple behaviors co-occur and produce complex, changing patterns of reafference is unknown. Here, we show that when multiple streams of internal reference signals are available, cancellation signals form that are specific to parallel fiber inputs temporally correlated with, and therefore predictive of, sensory reafference. A single AEN has the capacity to form more than one cancellation signal, and AENs form multiple cancellation signals simultaneously and modify them independently during co-occurring behaviors. Cancellation signals update incrementally during continuous behaviors, as well as episodic bouts of behavior that last minutes to hours. Finally, individual AENs, independently of their neighbors, form unique AEN-specific cancellation signals that depend on the particular sensory reafferent input it receives. Together, these results demonstrate the capacity of the adaptive filter to utilize multiple cancellation signals to suppress dynamic patterns of reafference arising from complex co-occurring and intermittently performed behaviors.
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- Nicole Y Lai
- Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA.,Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
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- Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA.,Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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Ansorge J, Wu C, Shore SE, Krieger P. Audiotactile interactions in the mouse cochlear nucleus. Sci Rep 2021; 11:6887. [PMID: 33767295 PMCID: PMC7994829 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86236-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Multisensory integration of auditory and tactile information occurs already at the level of the cochlear nucleus. Rodents use their whiskers for tactile perception to guide them in their exploration of the world. As nocturnal animals with relatively poor vision, audiotactile interactions are of great importance for this species. Here, the influence of whisker deflections on sound-evoked spiking in the cochlear nucleus was investigated in vivo in anesthetized mice. Multichannel, silicon-probe electrophysiological recordings were obtained from both the dorsal and ventral cochlear nucleus. Whisker deflections evoked an increased spiking activity in fusiform cells of the dorsal cochlear nucleus and t-stellate cells in ventral cochlear nucleus, whereas bushy cells in the ventral cochlear nucleus showed a more variable response. The response to broadband noise stimulation increased in fusiform cells and primary-like bushy cells when the sound stimulation was preceded (~ 20 ms) by whisker stimulation. Multi-sensory integration of auditory and whisker input can thus occur already in this early brainstem nucleus, emphasizing the importance of early integration of auditory and somatosensory information.
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- Josephine Ansorge
- Department of Systems Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.,Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.,Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Systems Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitätsstraße 150, 44780, Bochum, Germany.
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Sensory Neurobiology: A New Crossroads Deep in the Cortex. Curr Biol 2021; 31:R133-R135. [PMID: 33561413 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Self-generated movements elicit concomitant sensory responses that are beneficial to ignore. Combining state-of-the-art physiology, behavior, and anatomy, a new study discovers a neural crossroads in the deepest layer of auditory cortex where pre-lick ramping activity suppresses peri-lick sound responses across layers.
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Clayton KK, Williamson RS, Hancock KE, Tasaka GI, Mizrahi A, Hackett T, Polley DB. Auditory Corticothalamic Neurons Are Recruited by Motor Preparatory Inputs. Curr Biol 2021; 31:310-321.e5. [PMID: 33157020 PMCID: PMC7855066 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 10/06/2020] [Accepted: 10/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Corticothalamic (CT) neurons comprise the largest component of the descending sensory corticofugal pathway, but their contributions to brain function and behavior remain an unsolved mystery. To address the hypothesis that layer 6 (L6) CTs may be activated by extra-sensory inputs prior to anticipated sounds, we performed optogenetically targeted single-unit recordings and two-photon imaging of Ntsr1-Cre+ L6 CT neurons in the primary auditory cortex (A1) while mice were engaged in an active listening task. We found that L6 CTs and other L6 units began spiking hundreds of milliseconds prior to orofacial movements linked to sound presentation and reward, but not to other movements such as locomotion, which were not linked to an explicit behavioral task. Rabies tracing of monosynaptic inputs to A1 L6 CT neurons revealed a narrow strip of cholinergic and non-cholinergic projection neurons in the external globus pallidus, suggesting a potential source of motor-related input. These findings identify new pathways and local circuits for motor modulation of sound processing and suggest a new role for CT neurons in active sensing.
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- Kameron K. Clayton
- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston MA 02114 USA
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston MA 02114 USA
- Dept. Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02114 US
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston MA 02114 USA
- Dept. Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02114 US
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- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Dept. Neurobiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem ISR
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- The Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Brain Sciences, Dept. Neurobiology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem ISR
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- Dept. Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville TN, 37203 USA
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- Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston MA 02114 USA
- Dept. Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA 02114 US
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Perin P, Mabou Tagne A, Enrico P, Marino F, Cosentino M, Pizzala R, Boselli C. Cannabinoids, Inner Ear, Hearing, and Tinnitus: A Neuroimmunological Perspective. Front Neurol 2020; 11:505995. [PMID: 33329293 PMCID: PMC7719758 DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2020.505995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Cannabis has been used for centuries for recreational and therapeutic purposes. Whereas, the recreative uses are based on the psychotropic effect of some of its compounds, its therapeutic effects range over a wide spectrum of actions, most of which target the brain or the immune system. Several studies have found cannabinoid receptors in the auditory system, both at peripheral and central levels, thus raising the interest in cannabinoid signaling in hearing, and especially in tinnitus, which is affected also by anxiety, memory, and attention circuits where cannabinoid effects are well described. Available studies on animal models of tinnitus suggest that cannabinoids are not likely to be helpful in tinnitus treatment and could even be harmful. However, the pharmacology of cannabinoids is very complex, and most studies focused on neural CB1R-based responses. Cannabinoid effects on the immune system (where CB2Rs predominate) are increasingly recognized as essential in understanding nervous system pathological responses, and data on immune cannabinoid targets have emerged in the auditory system as well. In addition, nonclassical cannabinoid targets (such as TRP channels) appear to play an important role in the auditory system as well. This review will focus on neuroimmunological mechanisms for cannabinoid effects and their possible use as protective and therapeutic agents in the ear and auditory system, especially in tinnitus.
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- Paola Perin
- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Drug Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Wu C, Shore SE. Inhibitory interneurons in a brainstem circuit adjust their inhibitory motifs to process multimodal input. J Physiol 2020; 599:631-645. [PMID: 33103245 DOI: 10.1113/jp280741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2020] [Accepted: 10/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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KEY POINTS Inhibitory-interneuron networks, consisting of multiple forms of circuit motifs including reciprocal (inhibitory interneurons inhibiting other interneurons) and feedforward (inhibitory interneurons inhibiting principal neurons) connections, are crucial in processing sensory information. The present study applies a statistical method to in vivo multichannel spike trains of dorsal cochlear nucleus neurons to disentangle reciprocal and feedforward-inhibitory motifs. After inducing input-specific plasticity, reciprocal and feedforward inhibition are found to be differentially regulated, and the combined effect synergistically modulates circuit output. The findings highlight the interplay among different circuit motifs as a key element in neural computation. ABSTRACT Inhibitory interneurons play an essential role in neural computations by utilizing a combination of reciprocal (interneurons inhibiting each other) and feedforward (interneuron inhibiting the principal neuron) inhibition to process information. To disentangle the interplay between the two inhibitory-circuit motifs and understand their effects on the circuit output, in vivo recordings were made from the guinea pig dorsal cochlear nucleus, a cerebellar-like brainstem circuit. Spikes from inhibitory interneurons (cartwheel cell) and principal output neurons (fusiform cell) were compared before and after manipulating their common multimodal input. Using a statistical model based on the Cox method of modulated renewal process of spike train influence, reciprocal- and feedforward-inhibition motifs were quantified. In response to altered multimodal input, reciprocal inhibition was strengthened while feedforward inhibition was weakened, and the two motifs combined to modulate fusiform cell output and acoustic-driven responses. These findings reveal the cartwheel cell's role in auditory and multimodal processing, as well as illustrated the balance between different inhibitory-circuit motifs as a key element in neural computation.
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- Calvin Wu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.,Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.,Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Fukutomi M, Carlson BA. A History of Corollary Discharge: Contributions of Mormyrid Weakly Electric Fish. Front Integr Neurosci 2020; 14:42. [PMID: 32848649 PMCID: PMC7403230 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2020.00042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/05/2022] Open
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Corollary discharge is an important brain function that allows animals to distinguish external from self-generated signals, which is critical to sensorimotor coordination. Since discovery of the concept of corollary discharge in 1950, neuroscientists have sought to elucidate underlying neural circuits and mechanisms. Here, we review a history of neurophysiological studies on corollary discharge and highlight significant contributions from studies using African mormyrid weakly electric fish. Mormyrid fish generate brief electric pulses to communicate with other fish and to sense their surroundings. In addition, mormyrids can passively locate weak, external electric signals. These three behaviors are mediated by different corollary discharge functions including inhibition, enhancement, and predictive “negative image” generation. Owing to several experimental advantages of mormyrids, investigations of these mechanisms have led to important general principles that have proven applicable to a wide diversity of animal species.
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- Matasaburo Fukutomi
- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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- Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, United States
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Li S, Zhu H, Tian X. Corollary Discharge Versus Efference Copy: Distinct Neural Signals in Speech Preparation Differentially Modulate Auditory Responses. Cereb Cortex 2020; 30:5806-5820. [PMID: 32542347 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2020] [Revised: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 05/16/2020] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Actions influence sensory processing in a complex way to shape behavior. For example, during actions, a copy of motor signals-termed "corollary discharge" (CD) or "efference copy" (EC)-can be transmitted to sensory regions and modulate perception. However, the sole inhibitory function of the motor copies is challenged by mixed empirical observations as well as multifaceted computational demands for behaviors. We hypothesized that the content in the motor signals available at distinct stages of actions determined the nature of signals (CD vs. EC) and constrained their modulatory functions on perceptual processing. We tested this hypothesis using speech in which we could precisely control and quantify the course of action. In three electroencephalography (EEG) experiments using a novel delayed articulation paradigm, we found that preparation without linguistic contents suppressed auditory responses to all speech sounds, whereas preparing to speak a syllable selectively enhanced the auditory responses to the prepared syllable. A computational model demonstrated that a bifurcation of motor signals could be a potential algorithm and neural implementation to achieve the distinct functions in the motor-to-sensory transformation. These results suggest that distinct motor signals are generated in the motor-to-sensory transformation and integrated with sensory input to modulate perception.
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- Siqi Li
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Brain Functional Genomics (Ministry of Education), School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China.,NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai 200062, China
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- NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai 200062, China.,Division of Arts and Sciences, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai 200122, China
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- NYU-ECNU Institute of Brain and Cognitive Science at NYU Shanghai, Shanghai 200062, China.,Division of Arts and Sciences, New York University Shanghai, Shanghai 200122, China
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Listening to music while running alters ground reaction forces: a study of acute exposure to varying speed and loudness levels in young women and men. Eur J Appl Physiol 2020; 120:1391-1401. [PMID: 32277258 DOI: 10.1007/s00421-020-04371-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Accepted: 04/05/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Music listening while running enhances physiological and psychological features, resulting in a more enjoyable experience. The possible influence of music on ground reaction forces (GRF) during running, however, is unknown. Considering the 'distracting' role of music on runner's attention, we hypothesized that music would cover foot impacts against the ground. This study verified such hypothesis by testing the effects of different music volumes while running at different velocities. METHODS Fifty fit volunteers (F:M = 22:8; 23 ± 2 years) performed 2-min running stints over 3 random conditions (80-dB, 85-dB music; 'no music'), at 3 velocities (8, 10, 12 km/h). Participants ran on a sensorized treadmill that recorded GRF during all experiments. RESULTS Listening to 85-dB music resulted in greater GRF at 8 (p = 0.0005) and 10 km/h (p = 0.04) but not 12 km/h (p = 0.35) and not with 80-dB volume. Gender-based analyses revealed significant Condition × gender interactions only for 85-dB music vs. 'no music'. Bonferroni-adjusted comparisons revealed significant music-induced increases in GRF only in men at 8 km/h (+ 4.1 kg/cm2, p < 0.0005; women: + 0.8 kg/cm2, p = 0.47) and 10 km/h (+ 3.3 kg/cm2, p = 0.004; women: + 0.8 kg/cm2, p = 0.51) but not at 12 km/h. CONCLUSION In active men, listening to loud music while running results in increased GRF, whereas no effect was observed in women. The lack of music effect in women may be related to structural factors, such as larger hip width-to-femoral length ratio, possibly resulting in different loading patterns. The present preliminary findings introduce high-volume music listening as a new potential risk factor for injury in young runners.
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Schneider DM. Reflections of action in sensory cortex. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2020; 64:53-59. [PMID: 32171079 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2020.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2019] [Revised: 01/25/2020] [Accepted: 02/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Nearly every movement that one makes produces a corresponding set of sensations. The simple fact that much of our sensory world is driven by our own actions underscores one of the major computations that our brains execute every day: to interpret the sensory world even as we interact with and change it. It should not be surprising therefore that activity in sensory cortex reflects not only incoming sensory inputs but also ongoing movement and behavioral state. With a focus on the mouse as a model organism, this review highlights recent findings revealing the widespread modulation of sensory cortex across diverse movements, the circuitry through which movement-related inputs are integrated with sensory signals, and the computational and perceptual roles that motor-sensory integration may serve within the brain.
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- David M Schneider
- Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY 10003, United States.
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Perceptual disturbances in psychosis, such as auditory verbal hallucinations, are associated with increased baseline activity in the associative auditory cortex and increased dopamine transmission in the associative striatum. Perceptual disturbances are also associated with perceptual biases that suggest increased reliance on prior expectations. We review theoretical models of perceptual inference and key supporting physiological evidence, as well as the anatomy of associative cortico-striatal loops that may be relevant to auditory perceptual inference. Integrating recent findings, we outline a working framework that bridges neurobiology and the phenomenology of perceptual disturbances via theoretical models of perceptual inference.
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Perks KE, Krotinger A, Bodznick D. A cerebellum-like circuit in the lateral line system of fish cancels mechanosensory input associated with its own movements. J Exp Biol 2020; 223:jeb204438. [PMID: 31953367 DOI: 10.1242/jeb.204438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2019] [Accepted: 01/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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An animal's own movement exerts a profound impact on sensory input to its nervous system. Peripheral sensory receptors do not distinguish externally generated stimuli from stimuli generated by an animal's own behavior (reafference) - although the animal often must. One way that nervous systems can solve this problem is to provide movement-related signals (copies of motor commands and sensory feedback) to sensory systems, which can then be used to generate predictions that oppose or cancel out sensory responses to reafference. Here, we studied the use of movement-related signals to generate sensory predictions in the lateral line medial octavolateralis nucleus (MON) of the little skate. In the MON, mechanoreceptive afferents synapse on output neurons that also receive movement-related signals from central sources, via a granule cell parallel fiber system. This parallel fiber system organization is characteristic of a set of so-called cerebellum-like structures. Cerebellum-like structures have been shown to support predictive cancellation of reafference in the electrosensory systems of fish and the auditory system of mice. Here, we provide evidence that the parallel fiber system in the MON can generate predictions that are negative images of (and therefore cancel) sensory input associated with respiratory and fin movements. The MON, found in most aquatic vertebrates, is probably one of the most primitive cerebellum-like structures and a starting point for cerebellar evolution. The results of this study contribute to a growing body of work that uses an evolutionary perspective on the vertebrate cerebellum to understand its functional diversity in animal behavior.
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- Krista E Perks
- Neurosciences Department and Zuckermann Institute, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
- Neuroscience & Behavior Program and Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- Neuroscience & Behavior Program and Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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- Neuroscience & Behavior Program and Department of Biology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA
- Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA
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Straub I, Witter L, Eshra A, Hoidis M, Byczkowicz N, Maas S, Delvendahl I, Dorgans K, Savier E, Bechmann I, Krueger M, Isope P, Hallermann S. Gradients in the mammalian cerebellar cortex enable Fourier-like transformation and improve storing capacity. eLife 2020; 9:e51771. [PMID: 32022688 PMCID: PMC7002074 DOI: 10.7554/elife.51771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2019] [Accepted: 12/20/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Cerebellar granule cells (GCs) make up the majority of all neurons in the vertebrate brain, but heterogeneities among GCs and potential functional consequences are poorly understood. Here, we identified unexpected gradients in the biophysical properties of GCs in mice. GCs closer to the white matter (inner-zone GCs) had higher firing thresholds and could sustain firing with larger current inputs than GCs closer to the Purkinje cell layer (outer-zone GCs). Dynamic Clamp experiments showed that inner- and outer-zone GCs preferentially respond to high- and low-frequency mossy fiber inputs, respectively, enabling dispersion of the mossy fiber input into its frequency components as performed by a Fourier transformation. Furthermore, inner-zone GCs have faster axonal conduction velocity and elicit faster synaptic potentials in Purkinje cells. Neuronal network modeling revealed that these gradients improve spike-timing precision of Purkinje cells and decrease the number of GCs required to learn spike-sequences. Thus, our study uncovers biophysical gradients in the cerebellar cortex enabling a Fourier-like transformation of mossy fiber inputs.
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- Isabelle Straub
- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, Medical FacultyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, Medical FacultyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
- Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR)VU UniversityAmsterdamNetherlands
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- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, Medical FacultyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, Medical FacultyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, Medical FacultyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, Medical FacultyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, Medical FacultyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et IntégrativesCNRS, Université de StrasbourgStrasbourgFrance
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et IntégrativesCNRS, Université de StrasbourgStrasbourgFrance
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- Institute of Anatomy, Medical FacultyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Institute of Anatomy, Medical FacultyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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- Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et IntégrativesCNRS, Université de StrasbourgStrasbourgFrance
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- Carl-Ludwig-Institute for Physiology, Medical FacultyLeipzig UniversityLeipzigGermany
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Yang Y, Lee J, Kim G. Integration of locomotion and auditory signals in the mouse inferior colliculus. eLife 2020; 9:52228. [PMID: 31987070 PMCID: PMC7004561 DOI: 10.7554/elife.52228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The inferior colliculus (IC) is the major midbrain auditory integration center, where virtually all ascending auditory inputs converge. Although the IC has been extensively studied for sound processing, little is known about the neural activity of the IC in moving subjects, as frequently happens in natural hearing conditions. Here, by recording neural activity in walking mice, we show that the activity of IC neurons is strongly modulated by locomotion, even in the absence of sound stimuli. Similar modulation was also found in hearing-impaired mice, demonstrating that IC neurons receive non-auditory, locomotion-related neural signals. Sound-evoked activity was attenuated during locomotion, and this attenuation increased frequency selectivity across the neuronal population, while maintaining preferred frequencies. Our results suggest that during behavior, integrating movement-related and auditory information is an essential aspect of sound processing in the IC.
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- Yoonsun Yang
- Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (CNIR), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Suwon, Republic of Korea.,Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (CNIR), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Suwon, Republic of Korea.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (CNIR), Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Suwon, Republic of Korea.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Republic of Korea
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Woolnough O, Forseth KJ, Rollo PS, Tandon N. Uncovering the functional anatomy of the human insula during speech. eLife 2019; 8:53086. [PMID: 31852580 PMCID: PMC6941893 DOI: 10.7554/elife.53086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2019] [Accepted: 12/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The contribution of insular cortex to speech production remains unclear and controversial given diverse findings from functional neuroimaging and lesional data. To create a precise spatiotemporal map of insular activity, we performed a series of experiments: single-word articulations of varying complexity, non-speech orofacial movements and speech listening, in a cohort of 27 patients implanted with penetrating intracranial electrodes. The posterior insula was robustly active bilaterally, but after the onset of articulation, during listening to speech and during production of non-speech mouth movements. Preceding articulation there was very sparse activity, localized primarily to the frontal operculum rather than the insula. Posterior insular was active coincident with superior temporal gyrus but was more active for self-generated speech than external speech, the opposite of the superior temporal gyrus. These findings support the conclusion that the insula does not serve pre-articulatory preparatory roles.
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- Oscar Woolnough
- Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School at UT Health Houston, Houston, United States.,Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
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- Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School at UT Health Houston, Houston, United States.,Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
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- Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School at UT Health Houston, Houston, United States.,Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States
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- Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School at UT Health Houston, Houston, United States.,Texas Institute for Restorative Neurotechnologies, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, United States.,Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, United States
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Freemyer A, Neal C, Nelson-Brantley J, Staecker H, Durham D. Early Onset Region and Cell Specific Alterations of Doublecortin Expression in the CNS of Animals with Sound Damage Induced Hearing Loss. IBRO Rep 2019; 7:129-140. [PMID: 31872150 PMCID: PMC6906648 DOI: 10.1016/j.ibror.2019.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2019] [Accepted: 10/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Sound damage induced hearing loss has been shown to elicit changes in auditory and non-auditory brain regions. A protein critical for neuronal migration and brain development, doublecortin (DCX), has been used as a marker of central nervous system (CNS) neuroplasticity. DCX is expressed in unipolar brush cells (UBCs) of the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN), cerebellar parafloccular lobe (PFL) and neuronal precursor cells in the sub-granular zone of the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG). Sound damage induced hearing loss has been shown to differentially impact DCX expression months later. To identify earlier alterations in DCX expression, we utilized immunohistochemistry to detect DCX protein in three brain regions (DCN, PFL, DG) approximately one month following unilateral sound damage. Auditory brainstem response was used to measure hearing loss. Unilateral hearing loss was evident in all sound damaged animals. Hearing loss related decreases in DCX expression were evident bilaterally in the DG while hearing loss related increases in DCX expression were evident bilaterally in the PFL. No changes to DCX expression were evident in the auditory DCN. Gap detection was used to assess whether this sound damage paradigm induced tinnitus-like behavior. However, results obtained from this behavioral test as used here were inconclusive and are presented here only as a guide to others wishing to design similar studies.
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- Andrea Freemyer
- Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
- Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physical Therapy, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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- Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd, Kansas City, KS 66160, United States
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