1
|
Leung LS, Gill RS, Shen B, Chu L. Cholinergic and behavior-dependent beta and gamma waves are coupled between olfactory bulb and hippocampus. Hippocampus 2024; 34:464-490. [PMID: 38949057 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23622] [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: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 04/16/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024]
Abstract
Olfactory oscillations may enhance cognitive processing through coupling with beta (β, 15-30 Hz) and gamma (γ, 30-160 Hz) activity in the hippocampus (HPC). We hypothesize that coupling between olfactory bulb (OB) and HPC oscillations is increased by cholinergic activation in control rats and is reduced in kainic-acid-treated epileptic rats, a model of temporal lobe epilepsy. OB γ2 (63-100 Hz) power was higher during walking and immobility-awake (IMM) compared to sleep, while γ1 (30-57 Hz) power was higher during grooming than other behavioral states. Muscarinic cholinergic agonist pilocarpine (25 mg/kg ip) with peripheral muscarinic blockade increased OB power and OB-HPC coherence at β and γ1 frequency bands. A similar effect was found after physostigmine (0.5 mg/kg ip) but not scopolamine (10 mg/kg ip). Pilocarpine increased bicoherence and cross-frequency coherence (CFC) between OB slow waves (SW, 1-5 Hz) and hippocampal β, γ1 and γ2 waves, with stronger coherence at CA1 alveus and CA3c than CA1 stratum radiatum. Bicoherence further revealed a nonlinear interaction of β waves in OB with β waves at the CA1-alveus. Beta and γ1 waves in OB or HPC were segregated at one phase of the OB-SW, opposite to the phase of γ2 and γ3 (100-160 Hz) waves, suggesting independent temporal processing of β/γ1 versus γ2/γ3 waves. At CA1 radiatum, kainic-acid-treated epileptic rats compared to control rats showed decreased theta power, theta-β and theta-γ2 CFC during baseline walking, decreased CFC of HPC SW with γ2 and γ3 waves during baseline IMM, and decreased coupling of OB SW with β and γ2 waves at CA1 alveus after pilocarpine. It is concluded that β and γ waves in the OB and HPC are modulated by a slow respiratory rhythm, in a cholinergic and behavior-dependent manner, and OB-HPC functional connectivity at β and γ frequencies may enhance cognitive functions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- L Stan Leung
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
| | - Ravnoor Singh Gill
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
| | - Bixia Shen
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
| | - Liangwei Chu
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
| |
Collapse
|
2
|
Jun H, Lee JY, Bleza NR, Ichii A, Donohue JD, Igarashi KM. Prefrontal and lateral entorhinal neurons co-dependently learn item-outcome rules. Nature 2024:10.1038/s41586-024-07868-1. [PMID: 39169188 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07868-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/23/2024] [Indexed: 08/23/2024]
Abstract
The ability to learn novel items depends on brain functions that store information about items classified by their associated meanings and outcomes1-4, but the underlying neural circuit mechanisms of this process remain poorly understood. Here we show that deep layers of the lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC) contain two groups of 'item-outcome neurons': one developing activity for rewarded items during learning, and another for punished items. As mice learned an olfactory item-outcome association, we found that the neuronal population of LEC layers 5/6 (LECL5/6) formed an internal map of pre-learned and novel items, classified into dichotomic rewarded versus punished groups. Neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), which form a bidirectional loop circuit with LECL5/6, developed an equivalent item-outcome rule map during learning. When LECL5/6 neurons were optogenetically inhibited, tangled mPFC representations of novel items failed to split into rewarded versus punished groups, impairing new learning by mice. Conversely, when mPFC neurons were inhibited, LECL5/6 representations of individual items were held completely separate, disrupting both learning and retrieval of associations. These results suggest that LECL5/6 neurons and mPFC neurons co-dependently encode item memory as a map of associated outcome rules.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Heechul Jun
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
| | - Jason Y Lee
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
| | - Nicholas R Bleza
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
| | - Ayana Ichii
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
| | - Jordan D Donohue
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
| | - Kei M Igarashi
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Samueli School of Engineering, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
- Center for Neural Circuit Mapping, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
- Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
3
|
Gómez-Sotres P, Skupio U, Dalla Tor T, Julio-Kalajzic F, Cannich A, Gisquet D, Bonilla-Del Rio I, Drago F, Puente N, Grandes P, Bellocchio L, Busquets-Garcia A, Bains JS, Marsicano G. Olfactory bulb astrocytes link social transmission of stress to cognitive adaptation in male mice. Nat Commun 2024; 15:7103. [PMID: 39155299 PMCID: PMC11330966 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51416-4] [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: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 08/06/2024] [Indexed: 08/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Emotions and behavior can be affected by social chemosignals from conspecifics. For instance, olfactory signals from stressed individuals induce stress-like physiological and synaptic changes in naïve partners. Direct stress also alters cognition, but the impact of socially transmitted stress on memory processes is currently unknown. Here we show that exposure to chemosignals produced by stressed individuals is sufficient to impair memory retrieval in unstressed male mice. This requires astrocyte control of information in the olfactory bulb mediated by mitochondria-associated CB1 receptors (mtCB1). Targeted genetic manipulations, in vivo Ca2+ imaging and behavioral analyses reveal that mtCB1-dependent control of mitochondrial Ca2+ dynamics is necessary to process olfactory information from stressed partners and to define their cognitive consequences. Thus, olfactory bulb astrocytes provide a link between social odors and their behavioral meaning.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Paula Gómez-Sotres
- Universite de Bordeaux, INSERM, U1215 Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France
| | - Urszula Skupio
- Universite de Bordeaux, INSERM, U1215 Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France
| | - Tommaso Dalla Tor
- Universite de Bordeaux, INSERM, U1215 Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France
- Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, E-48940, Leioa, Spain
| | | | - Astrid Cannich
- Universite de Bordeaux, INSERM, U1215 Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France
| | - Doriane Gisquet
- Universite de Bordeaux, INSERM, U1215 Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France
| | - Itziar Bonilla-Del Rio
- Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, E-48940, Leioa, Spain
- Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Science Park of the UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
| | - Filippo Drago
- Department of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Catania, Catania, 95124, Italy
| | - Nagore Puente
- Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, E-48940, Leioa, Spain
- Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Science Park of the UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
| | - Pedro Grandes
- Department of Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine and Nursing, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, E-48940, Leioa, Spain
- Achucarro Basque Center for Neuroscience, Science Park of the UPV/EHU, Leioa, Spain
| | - Luigi Bellocchio
- Universite de Bordeaux, INSERM, U1215 Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France
| | | | - Jaideep S Bains
- Krembil Brain Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Hotchkiss Brain Institute and Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
| | - Giovanni Marsicano
- Universite de Bordeaux, INSERM, U1215 Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France.
| |
Collapse
|
4
|
Jobin B, Magdamo C, Delphus D, Runde A, Reineke S, Soto AA, Ergun B, Albers AD, Albers MW. AROMHA Brain Health Test: A Remote Olfactory Assessment as a Screen for Cognitive Impairment. MEDRXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES 2024:2024.08.03.24311283. [PMID: 39211882 PMCID: PMC11361214 DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.03.24311283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
Abstract
Cost-effective, noninvasive screening methods for preclinical Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other neurocognitive disorders remain an unmet need. The olfactory neural circuits develop AD pathological changes prior to symptom onset. To probe these vulnerable circuits, we developed the digital remote AROMHA Brain Health Test (ABHT), an at-home odor identification, discrimination, memory, and intensity assessment. The ABHT was self-administered among cognitively normal (CN) English and Spanish speakers (n=127), participants with subjective cognitive complaints (SCC; n=34), and mild cognitive impairment (MCI; n=19). Self-administered tests took place remotely at home under unobserved (among interested CN participants) and observed modalities (CN, SCC, and MCI), as well as in-person with a research assistant present (CN, SCC, and MCI). Olfactory performance was similar across observed and unobserved remote self-administration and between English and Spanish speakers. Odor memory, identification, and discrimination scores decreased with age, and olfactory identification and discrimination were lower in the MCI group compared to CN and SCC groups, independent of age, sex, and education. The ABHT revealed age-related olfactory decline, and discriminated CN older adults from those with cognitive impairment. Replication of our results in other populations would support the use of the ABHT to identify and monitor individuals at risk for developing dementia.
Collapse
|
5
|
Ma M, Simoes de Souza F, Futia GL, Anderson SR, Riguero J, Tollin D, Gentile-Polese A, Platt JP, Steinke K, Hiratani N, Gibson EA, Restrepo D. Sequential activity of CA1 hippocampal cells constitutes a temporal memory map for associative learning in mice. Curr Biol 2024; 34:841-854.e4. [PMID: 38325376 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.01.021] [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: 10/21/2023] [Revised: 01/02/2024] [Accepted: 01/08/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
Abstract
Sequential neural dynamics encoded by time cells play a crucial role in hippocampal function. However, the role of hippocampal sequential neural dynamics in associative learning is an open question. We used two-photon Ca2+ imaging of dorsal CA1 (dCA1) neurons in the stratum pyramidale (SP) in head-fixed mice performing a go-no go associative learning task to investigate how odor valence is temporally encoded in this area of the brain. We found that SP cells responded differentially to the rewarded or unrewarded odor. The stimuli were decoded accurately from the activity of the neuronal ensemble, and accuracy increased substantially as the animal learned to differentiate the stimuli. Decoding the stimulus from individual SP cells responding differentially revealed that decision-making took place at discrete times after stimulus presentation. Lick prediction decoded from the ensemble activity of cells in dCA1 correlated linearly with lick behavior. Our findings indicate that sequential activity of SP cells in dCA1 constitutes a temporal memory map used for decision-making in associative learning. VIDEO ABSTRACT.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ming Ma
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - Fabio Simoes de Souza
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, Federal University of ABC, Sao Bernardo do Campo 09606-045, SP, Brazil
| | - Gregory L Futia
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - Sean R Anderson
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - Jose Riguero
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - Daniel Tollin
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - Arianna Gentile-Polese
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - Jonathan P Platt
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - Kira Steinke
- Integrated Physiology Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - Naoki Hiratani
- Department of Neuroscience, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
| | - Emily A Gibson
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - Diego Restrepo
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
6
|
Bakoyiannis I, Ducourneau EG, Parkes SL, Ferreira G. Pathway specific interventions reveal the multiple roles of ventral hippocampus projections in cognitive functions. Rev Neurosci 2023; 34:825-838. [PMID: 37192533 DOI: 10.1515/revneuro-2023-0009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 04/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
Abstract
Since the 1950s study of Scoville and Milner on the case H.M., the hippocampus has attracted neuroscientists' attention. The hippocampus has been traditionally divided into dorsal and ventral parts, each of which projects to different brain structures and mediates various functions. Despite a predominant interest in its dorsal part in animal models, especially regarding episodic-like and spatial cognition, recent data highlight the role of the ventral hippocampus (vHPC), as the main hippocampal output, in cognitive processes. Here, we review recent studies conducted in rodents that have used advanced in vivo functional techniques to specifically monitor and manipulate vHPC efferent pathways and delineate the roles of these specific projections in learning and memory processes. Results highlight that vHPC projections to basal amygdala are implicated in emotional memory, to nucleus accumbens in social memory and instrumental actions and to prefrontal cortex in all the above as well as in object-based memory. Some of these hippocampal projections also modulate feeding and anxiety-like behaviours providing further evidence that the "one pathway-one function" view is outdated and future directions are proposed to better understand the role of hippocampal pathways and shed further light on its connectivity and function.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Ioannis Bakoyiannis
- University of Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeuro, UMR 1286, F-33077 Bordeaux, France
| | - Eva-Gunnel Ducourneau
- University of Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeuro, UMR 1286, F-33077 Bordeaux, France
| | - Shauna L Parkes
- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, INCIA, UMR 5287, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
| | - Guillaume Ferreira
- University of Bordeaux, INRAE, Bordeaux INP, NutriNeuro, UMR 1286, F-33077 Bordeaux, France
| |
Collapse
|
7
|
Ma M, Simoes de Souza F, Futia G, Anderson S, Riguero J, Tollin D, Gentile-Polese A, Platt J, Hiratani N, Gibson EA, Restrepo D. Decision-Making Time Cells in Hippocampal Dorsal CA1. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.10.01.560382. [PMID: 37873178 PMCID: PMC10592611 DOI: 10.1101/2023.10.01.560382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2023]
Abstract
Sequential neural dynamics encoded by "time cells" play a crucial role in hippocampal function. However, the role of hippocampal sequential neural dynamics in associative learning is an open question. In this manuscript, we used two-photon Ca2+ imaging of dorsal CA1 pyramidal neurons in head-fixed mice performing a go-no-go associative learning task. We found that pyramidal cells responded differentially to the rewarded or unrewarded stimuli. The stimuli were decoded accurately from the activity of the neuronal ensemble, and accuracy increased substantially as the animal learned to differentiate the stimuli. Decoding the stimulus from individual pyramidal cells that responded differentially revealed that decision-making took place at discrete times after stimulus presentation. Lick prediction decoded from the ensemble activity of cells in dCA1 correlated linearly with lick behavior indicating that sequential activity of pyramidal cells in dCA1 constitutes a temporal memory map used for decision-making in associative learning.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- M. Ma
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- These authors contributed equally to this work
| | - F. Simoes de Souza
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Center for Mathematics, Computation and Cognition, Federal University of ABC, Sao Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil
- These authors contributed equally to this work
| | - G.L. Futia
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
| | - S.R. Anderson
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
| | - J. Riguero
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - D. Tollin
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - A. Gentile-Polese
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
| | - J.P. Platt
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
| | - N. Hiratani
- Department of Neuroscience, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
| | - E. A. Gibson
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - D. Restrepo
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, 80045, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| |
Collapse
|
8
|
Rezaeyan A, Asadi S, Kamrava SK, Zare-Sadeghi A. Brain structural analysis in patients with post-traumatic anosmia: Voxel-based and surface-based morphometry. J Neuroradiol 2023; 50:482-491. [PMID: 36610937 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurad.2022.11.005] [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: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 11/13/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
PURPOSE AND BACKGROUND Voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and surfaced-based morphometry (SBM) investigate the characteristics of gray matter (GM) in various diseases such as post-traumatic anosmia (PTA). This study uses SBM and VBM to examine neuroanatomical measurements of GM and its functional correlates in patients with PTA. METHODS MRI images and olfactory test results were collected from 39 PTA patients and 39 healthy controls. Sniffin' Sticks test was used to assess olfactory function. GM structure was analyzed using CAT12 and FreeSurfer, and olfactory bulb (OB) volume and olfactory sulcus (OS) depth were calculated using 3D-Slicer. RESULTS Anosmic patients showed lower scores in the Sniffin' Sticks olfactory test, as well as reduction of OB volume and OS depth compared to control subjects. In these patients, overlapping changes were found between the VBM and SBM findings in the areas with significant effects, in particular, orbitofrontal cortex, superior and middle frontal gyrus, superior and middle temporal gyrus, anterior cingulate cortex, and insular cortex. Using SBM, decreased cortical thickness clusters were located in inferior and superior parietal gyrus. Further analysis in the region of interest demonstrated correlations between the orbitofrontal cortex and odor threshold score as well as the middle frontal gyrus and smell loss duration. CONCLUSION These findings show that the morphological alterations in the OB, OS, and the central olfactory pathways might contribute to the pathogenic mechanism of olfactory dysfunction after head injury.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Abolhasan Rezaeyan
- Noncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran; Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, Fasa University of Medical Sciences, Fasa, Iran
| | - Somayeh Asadi
- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| | - S Kamran Kamrava
- ENT and Head and Neck Research Center and Department, The Five Senses Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
| | - Arash Zare-Sadeghi
- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; ENT and Head and Neck Research Center and Department, The Five Senses Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran; Finetech in Medicine Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
| |
Collapse
|
9
|
Kostka JK, Hanganu-Opatz IL. Olfactory-driven beta band entrainment of limbic circuitry during neonatal development. J Physiol 2023; 601:3605-3630. [PMID: 37434507 DOI: 10.1113/jp284401] [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: 01/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Cognitive processing relies on the functional refinement of the limbic circuitry during the first two weeks of life. During this developmental period, when the auditory, somatosensory and visual systems are still largely immature, the sense of olfaction acts as 'door to the world', providing an important source of environmental inputs. However, it is unknown whether early olfactory processing shapes the activity in the limbic circuitry during neonatal development. Here, we address this question by combining simultaneous in vivo recordings from the olfactory bulb (OB), lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC), hippocampus (HP) and prefrontal cortex (PFC) with olfactory stimulation as well as opto- and chemogenetic manipulations of mitral/tufted cells in the OB of non-anaesthetized neonatal mice of both sexes. We show that the neonatal OB synchronizes the limbic circuity in the beta frequency range. Moreover, it drives neuronal and network activity in LEC, as well as subsequently, HP and PFC via long-range projections from mitral cells to HP-projecting LEC neurons. Thus, OB activity shapes the communication within limbic circuits during neonatal development. KEY POINTS: During early postnatal development, oscillatory activity in the olfactory bulb synchronizes the limbic circuit. Olfactory stimulation boosts firing and beta synchronization along the olfactory bulb-lateral entorhinal cortex-hippocampal-prefrontal pathway. Mitral cells drive neuronal and network activity in the lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC), as well as subsequently, the hippocampus (HP) and the prefrontal cortex (PFC) via long-range projections from mitral cells to HP-projecting LEC neurons. Inhibition of vesicle release on LEC targeting mitral cell axons reveals direct involvement of LEC in the olfactory bulb-driven oscillatory entrainment of the limbic circuitry.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Johanna K Kostka
- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, Hamburg Center of Neuroscience (HCNS), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Ileana L Hanganu-Opatz
- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, Hamburg Center of Neuroscience (HCNS), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
| |
Collapse
|
10
|
Jayachandran M, Viena TD, Garcia A, Veliz AV, Leyva S, Roldan V, Vertes RP, Allen TA. Nucleus reuniens transiently synchronizes memory networks at beta frequencies. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4326. [PMID: 37468487 PMCID: PMC10356781 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-40044-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2022] [Accepted: 07/10/2023] [Indexed: 07/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Episodic memory-based decision-making requires top-down medial prefrontal cortex and hippocampal interactions. This integrated prefrontal-hippocampal memory state is thought to be organized by synchronized network oscillations and mediated by connectivity with the thalamic nucleus reuniens (RE). Whether and how the RE synchronizes prefrontal-hippocampal networks in memory, however, remains unknown. Here, we recorded local field potentials from the prefrontal-RE-hippocampal network while rats engaged in a nonspatial sequence memory task, thereby isolating memory-related activity from running-related oscillations. We found that synchronous prefrontal-hippocampal beta bursts (15-30 Hz) dominated during memory trials, whereas synchronous theta activity (6-12 Hz) dominated during non-memory-related running. Moreover, RE beta activity appeared first, followed by prefrontal and hippocampal synchronized beta, suggesting that prefrontal-hippocampal beta could be driven by the RE. To test whether the RE is capable of driving prefrontal-hippocampal beta synchrony, we used an optogenetic approach (retroAAV-ChR2). RE activation induced prefrontal-hippocampal beta coherence and reduced theta coherence, matching the observed memory-driven network state in the sequence task. These findings are the first to demonstrate that the RE contributes to memory by driving transient synchronized beta in the prefrontal-hippocampal system, thereby facilitating interactions that underlie memory-based decision-making.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Maanasa Jayachandran
- Cognitive Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
| | - Tatiana D Viena
- Cognitive Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
| | - Andy Garcia
- Cognitive Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
| | - Abdiel Vasallo Veliz
- Cognitive Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
| | - Sofia Leyva
- Cognitive Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
| | - Valentina Roldan
- Cognitive Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA
| | - Robert P Vertes
- Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 33431, USA
| | - Timothy A Allen
- Cognitive Neuroscience Program, Department of Psychology, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
- Department of Environmental & Occupational Health, Robert Stempel College of Public Health, Florida International University, Miami, FL, 33199, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
11
|
Miles JT, Kidder KS, Mizumori SJY. Hippocampal beta rhythms as a bridge between sensory learning and memory-guided decision-making. Front Syst Neurosci 2023; 17:1187272. [PMID: 37215359 PMCID: PMC10196064 DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2023.1187272] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2023] [Indexed: 05/24/2023] Open
Abstract
A pillar of systems neuroscience has been the study of neural oscillations. Research into these oscillations spans brain areas, species, and disciplines, giving us common ground for discussing typically disparate fields of neuroscience. In this review, we aim to strengthen the dialog between sensory systems research and learning and memory systems research by examining a 15-40 Hz oscillation known as the beta rhythm. Starting with foundational observations based largely in olfactory systems neuroscience, we review evidence suggesting beta-based activity may extend across sensory systems generally, as well as into the hippocampus and areas well known for coordinating decisions and memory-guided behaviors. After evaluating this work, we propose a framework wherein the hippocampal beta oscillation and its diverse coupling with other brain areas can support both sensory learning and memory-guided decision-making. Using this framework, we also propose circuitries that may support these processes, and experiments to test our hypothesis.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jesse Thomas Miles
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
| | - Kevan Scott Kidder
- Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
| | - Sheri J. Y. Mizumori
- Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
- Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States
| |
Collapse
|
12
|
Zhu N, Zhang Y, Xiao X, Wang Y, Yang J, Colgin LL, Zheng C. Hippocampal oscillatory dynamics in freely behaving rats during exploration of social and non-social stimuli. Cogn Neurodyn 2023; 17:411-429. [PMID: 37007194 PMCID: PMC10050611 DOI: 10.1007/s11571-022-09829-8] [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: 03/05/2022] [Revised: 04/21/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
Abstract
Hippocampal CA2 supports social memory and encodes information about social experiences. Our previous study showed that CA2 place cells responded specifically to social stimuli (Nat Commun, (Alexander et al. 2016)). In addition, a prior study showed that activation of CA2 induces slow gamma rhythms (~ 25-55 Hz) in the hippocampus (Elife, (Alexander 2018)). Together, these results raise the question of whether slow gamma rhythms coordinate CA2 activity during social information processing. We hypothesized that slow gamma would be associated with transmission of social memories from CA2 to CA1, perhaps to integrate information across regions or promote social memory retrieval. We recorded local field potentials from hippocampal subfields CA1, CA2, and CA3 of 4 rats performing a social exploration task. We analyzed the activity of theta, slow gamma, and fast gamma rhythms, as well as sharp wave-ripples (SWRs), within each subfield. We assessed interactions between subfields during social exploration sessions and during presumed social memory retrieval in post-social exploration sessions. We found that CA2 slow gamma rhythms increased during social interactions but not during non-social exploration. CA2-CA1 theta-show gamma coupling was enhanced during social exploration. Furthermore, CA1 slow gamma rhythms and SWRs were associated with presumed social memory retrieval. In conclusion, these results suggest that CA2-CA1 interactions via slow gamma rhythms occur during social memory encoding, and CA1 slow gamma is associated with retrieval of social experience. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11571-022-09829-8.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Nan Zhu
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
| | - Yiyuan Zhang
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
| | - Xi Xiao
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Neuroengineering, Tianjin, China
| | - Yimeng Wang
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
| | - Jiajia Yang
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Neuroengineering, Tianjin, China
| | - Laura Lee Colgin
- Center for Learning and Memory, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0805 USA
- Department of Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0805 USA
- Institute for Neuroscience, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-0805 USA
| | - Chenguang Zheng
- Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- School of Precision Instruments and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Tianjin Key Laboratory of Brain Science and Neuroengineering, Tianjin, China
| |
Collapse
|
13
|
Kitchigina V, Shubina L. Oscillations in the dentate gyrus as a tool for the performance of the hippocampal functions: Healthy and epileptic brain. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 2023; 125:110759. [PMID: 37003419 DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2023.110759] [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] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
Abstract
The dentate gyrus (DG) is part of the hippocampal formation and is essential for important cognitive processes such as navigation and memory. The oscillatory activity of the DG network is believed to play a critical role in cognition. DG circuits generate theta, beta, and gamma rhythms, which participate in the specific information processing performed by DG neurons. In the temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), cognitive abilities are impaired, which may be due to drastic alterations in the DG structure and network activity during epileptogenesis. The theta rhythm and theta coherence are especially vulnerable in dentate circuits; disturbances in DG theta oscillations and their coherence may be responsible for general cognitive impairments observed during epileptogenesis. Some researchers suggested that the vulnerability of DG mossy cells is a key factor in the genesis of TLE, but others did not support this hypothesis. The aim of the review is not only to present the current state of the art in this field of research but to help pave the way for future investigations by highlighting the gaps in our knowledge to completely appreciate the role of DG rhythms in brain functions. Disturbances in oscillatory activity of the DG during TLE development may be a diagnostic marker in the treatment of this disease.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Valentina Kitchigina
- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region 142290, Russia.
| | - Liubov Shubina
- Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow region 142290, Russia
| |
Collapse
|
14
|
Bubak AN, Merle L, Niemeyer CS, Baxter BD, Gentile Polese A, Ramakrishnan V, Gomez J, Madrigal L, Villegas-Lanau A, Lopera F, Macklin W, Frietze S, Nagel MA, Restrepo D. Signatures for viral infection and inflammation in the proximal olfactory system in familial Alzheimer's disease. Neurobiol Aging 2023; 123:75-82. [PMID: 36638683 PMCID: PMC9889108 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2022.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 12/07/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by deficits in olfaction and olfactory pathology preceding diagnosis of dementia. Here we analyzed differential gene and protein expression in the olfactory bulb (OB) and tract (OT) of familial AD (FAD) individuals carrying the autosomal dominant presenilin 1 E280A mutation. Compared to control, FAD OT had increased immunostaining for β-amyloid (Aβ) and CD68 in high and low myelinated regions, as well as increased immunostaining for Iba1 in the high myelinated region. In FAD samples, RNA sequencing showed: (1) viral infection in the OB; (2) inflammation in the OT that carries information via entorhinal cortex from the OB to hippocampus, a brain region essential for learning and memory; and (3) decreased oligodendrocyte deconvolved transcripts. Interestingly, spatial proteomic analysis confirmed altered myelination in the OT of FAD individuals, implying dysfunction of communication between the OB and hippocampus. These findings raise the possibility that viral infection and associated inflammation and dysregulation of myelination of the olfactory system may disrupt hippocampal function, contributing to acceleration of FAD progression.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Andrew N Bubak
- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - Laetitia Merle
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - Christy S Niemeyer
- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - B Dnate' Baxter
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - Arianna Gentile Polese
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - Vijay Ramakrishnan
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA
| | - Johana Gomez
- Neuroscience Research Group, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
| | - Lucia Madrigal
- Neuroscience Research Group, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
| | | | - Francisco Lopera
- Neuroscience Research Group, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia
| | - Wendy Macklin
- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - Seth Frietze
- Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA
| | - Maria A Nagel
- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Opthalmology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA
| | - Diego Restrepo
- Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
15
|
Chang F, Hong J, Yuan F, Wu D. Association between cognition and olfaction-specific parameters in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2023; 280:3249-3258. [PMID: 36689021 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-023-07853-w] [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: 12/12/2022] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) have reported significantly cognitive and olfactory dysfunction. This study aimed to explore the relationship between cognitive function and olfaction-specific parameters in patients with CRS. METHODS A cross-sectional survey method was used to investigate 98 participants, including 75 patients with CRS and 23 healthy controls. Cognitive function and psychophysical olfactory tests were performed. Olfactory cleft endoscopy scale and olfactory cleft computed tomography (CT) scores were obtained. Multivariate logistic regression was used to analyze the risk factors of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in patients with CRS. RESULTS There are significant differences in age, Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores, number of MCI, Lund-Mackay olfactory cleft (LM-OC) score, and blood eosinophil count between CRS with and without olfactory dysfunction groups (all P < 0.05). Total MoCA scores were positively correlated with thresholds-discrimination-identification (TDI) score (r = 0.541, P < 0.001), olfactory threshold (OT) (r = 0.440, P < 0.001), olfactory discrimination (OD) (r = 0.541, P < 0.001), and olfactory identification (OI) (r = 0.382, P = 0.001) scores. Furthermore, total MoCA scores were negatively correlated with LM-OC scores (r = - 0.351, P = 0.002). After adjusting for patient demographics, only the OD score was an independent risk factor for MCI among patients with CRS (odds ratio = 0.792; P = 0.039). The OD scores less than 11.5 were the best predictor of MCI in patients with CRS. CONCLUSION Olfaction-specific clinical parameters were highly correlated with cognitive function in patients with CRS and the OD score was an independent risk factor for MCI in patients with CRS.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Feifan Chang
- Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China
| | - Junsheng Hong
- Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
| | - Fan Yuan
- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
| | - Dawei Wu
- Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Peking University Third Hospital, Haidian District, No. 49 Huayuan North Road, Beijing, 100191, People's Republic of China.
| |
Collapse
|
16
|
Xu X, Feng Y, Wang J, Salvi R, Yin X, Gao J, Chen Y. Auditory-limbic-cerebellum interactions and cognitive impairments in noise-induced hearing loss. CNS Neurosci Ther 2022; 29:932-940. [PMID: 36377461 PMCID: PMC9928548 DOI: 10.1111/cns.14028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Revised: 10/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
AIMS This study aimed to explore the neural substrate of hearing loss-related central nervous system in rats and its correlation with cognition. METHODS We identified the neural mechanism for these debilitating abnormalities by inducing a bilateral hearing loss animal model using intense broadband noise (122 dB of broadband noise for 2 h) and used the Morris water maze test to characterize the behavioral changes at 6 months post-noise exposure. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) was conducted to clarify disrupted functional network using bilateral auditory cortex (ACx) as a seed. Structural diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) was applied to illustrate characteristics of fibers in ACx and hippocampus. Pearson correlation was computed behavioral tests and other features. RESULTS A deficit in spatial learning/memory, body weight, and negative correlation between them was observed. Functional connectivity revealed weakened coupling within the ACx and inferior colliculus, lateral lemniscus, the primary motor cortex, the olfactory tubercle, hippocampus, and the paraflocculus lobe of the cerebellum. The fiber number and mean length of ACx and different hippocampal subregions were also damaged in hearing loss rats. CONCLUSION A new model of auditory-limbic-cerebellum interactions accounting for noise-induced hearing loss and cognitive impairments is proposed.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xiao‐Min Xu
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
| | - Yuan Feng
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
| | - Jian Wang
- School of Human Communication DisordersDalhousie UniversityHalifaxNova ScotiaCanada
| | - Richard Salvi
- Center for Hearing and DeafnessUniversity at BuffaloBuffaloNew YorkUSA
| | - Xindao Yin
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
| | - Jun Gao
- The Department of Neurobiology, Key Laboratory of Human Functional Genomics of JiangsuNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
| | - Yu‐Chen Chen
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First HospitalNanjing Medical UniversityNanjingChina
| |
Collapse
|
17
|
Khodadadi M, Zare M, Rezaei M, Bakhtiarzadeh F, Barkley V, Shojaei A, Raoufy MR, Mirnajafi-Zadeh J. Effect of low frequency stimulation of olfactory bulb on seizure severity, learning, and memory in kindled rats. Epilepsy Res 2022; 188:107055. [DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2022.107055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2022] [Revised: 11/04/2022] [Accepted: 11/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
|
18
|
Ramirez-Gordillo D, Bayer KU, Restrepo D. Hippocampal-prefrontal theta coupling develops as mice become proficient in associative odorant discrimination learning. eNeuro 2022; 9:ENEURO.0259-22.2022. [PMID: 36127136 PMCID: PMC9536857 DOI: 10.1523/eneuro.0259-22.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2022] [Revised: 08/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Learning and memory requires coordinated activity between different regions of the brain. Here we studied the interaction between infralimbic medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) and hippocampal dorsal CA1 during associative odorant discrimination learning in the mouse. We found that as the animal learns to discriminate odorants in a go-no go task, the coupling of high frequency neural oscillations to the phase of theta oscillations (theta-referenced phase-amplitude coupling or tPAC) changes in a manner that results in divergence between rewarded and unrewarded odorant-elicited changes in the theta-phase referenced power (tPRP) for beta and gamma oscillations. In addition, in the proficient animal there was a decrease in the coordinated oscillatory activity between CA1 and mPFC in the presence of the unrewarded odorant. Furthermore, the changes in tPAC resulted in a marked increase in the accuracy for decoding contextual odorant identity from tPRP when the animal became proficient. Finally, we studied the role of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II α (CaMKIIα), a protein involved in learning and memory, in oscillatory neural processing in this task. We find that the accuracy for decoding the contextual odorant identity from tPRP decreases in CaMKIIα knockout mice and that this accuracy correlates with behavioral performance. These results implicate a role for tPAC and CaMKIIα in olfactory go-no go associative learning in the hippocampal-prefrontal circuit.Significance statementCoupling of neural oscillations within and between hippocampal CA1 and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is involved in spatial learning and memory, but the role of oscillation coupling for other learning tasks is not well understood. Here we performed local field potential recording in CA1 and mPFC in mice learning to differentiate rewarded from unrewarded odorants in an associative learning task. We find that odorant-elicited changes in the power of bursts of gamma oscillations at distinct phases of theta oscillations become divergent as the animal becomes proficient allowing decoding of contextual odorant identity. Finally, we find that the accuracy to decode contextual odorant identity decreases in mice deficient for the expression of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II α, a protein involved in synaptic plasticity.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Daniel Ramirez-Gordillo
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - K Ulrich Bayer
- Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| | - Diego Restrepo
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
- Neuroscience Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA
| |
Collapse
|
19
|
Hippocampal subfield volumes and olfactory performance: Emerging longitudinal associations over a 5-year interval. Neuropsychologia 2022; 176:108353. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2022] [Revised: 08/10/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
|
20
|
The facets of olfactory learning. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2022; 76:102623. [PMID: 35998474 DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2022.102623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 07/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
Abstract
Volatile chemicals in the environment provide ethologically important information to many animals. However, how animals learn to use this information is only beginning to be understood. This review highlights recent experimental advances elucidating olfactory learning in rodents, ranging from adaptations to the environment to task-dependent refinement and multisensory associations. The broad range of phenomena, mechanisms, and brain areas involved demonstrate the complex and multifaceted nature of olfactory learning.
Collapse
|
21
|
Vandersteen C, Payne M, Dumas LÉ, Cancian É, Plonka A, D’Andréa G, Chirio D, Demonchy É, Risso K, Askenazy-Gittard F, Savoldelli C, Guevara N, Robert P, Castillo L, Manera V, Gros A. Olfactory Training in Post-COVID-19 Persistent Olfactory Disorders: Value Normalization for Threshold but Not Identification. J Clin Med 2022; 11:jcm11123275. [PMID: 35743346 PMCID: PMC9224948 DOI: 10.3390/jcm11123275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
(1) Background: Persistent post-viral olfactory disorders (PPVOD) are estimated at 30% of patients one year after COVID-19 infection. No treatment is, to date, significantly effective on PPVOD with the exception of olfactory training (OT). The main objective of this work was to evaluate OT efficiency on post-COVID-19 PPVOD. (2) Methods: Consecutive patients consulting to the ENT department with post-COVID-19 PPVOD were included after completing clinical examination, the complete Sniffin’ Stick Test (TDI), the short version of the Questionnaire of olfactory disorders and the SF-36. Patients were trained to practice a self-olfactory training with a dedicated olfactory training kit twice a day for 6 months before returning to undergo the same assessments. (3) Results: Forty-three patients were included and performed 3.5 months of OT in average. We observed a significant TDI score improvement, increasing from 24.7 (±8.9) before the OT to 30.9 (±9.8) (p < 0.001). Based on normative data, a significant increase in the number of normosmic participants was observed only for the threshold values (p < 0.001). Specific and general olfaction-related quality of life improved after the OT. (4) Conclusions: Olfactory function appeared to improve only in peripheral aspects of post-COVID-19 PPVOD after OT. Future controlled studies must be performed to confirm the OT role and justify new therapeutic strategies that may focus on the central aspects of post-COVID-19 PPVOD.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Clair Vandersteen
- Institut Universitaire de la Face et du Cou, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 31 Avenue de Valombrose, 06100 Nice, France; (É.C.); (G.D.); (C.S.); (N.G.); (L.C.)
- Laboratoire CoBTeK, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France; (M.P.); (L.-É.D.); (A.P.); (F.A.-G.); (P.R.); (V.M.); (A.G.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +33-4-9203-1705
| | - Magali Payne
- Laboratoire CoBTeK, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France; (M.P.); (L.-É.D.); (A.P.); (F.A.-G.); (P.R.); (V.M.); (A.G.)
- Département d’Orthophonie de Nice (DON), UFR Médecine, Université Côte d’Azur, 06107 Nice, France
| | - Louise-Émilie Dumas
- Laboratoire CoBTeK, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France; (M.P.); (L.-É.D.); (A.P.); (F.A.-G.); (P.R.); (V.M.); (A.G.)
- Hôpitaux Pédiatriques de Nice CHU-LENVAL, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 57 Avenue de la Californie, 06200 Nice, France
| | - Élisa Cancian
- Institut Universitaire de la Face et du Cou, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 31 Avenue de Valombrose, 06100 Nice, France; (É.C.); (G.D.); (C.S.); (N.G.); (L.C.)
| | - Alexandra Plonka
- Laboratoire CoBTeK, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France; (M.P.); (L.-É.D.); (A.P.); (F.A.-G.); (P.R.); (V.M.); (A.G.)
- Institut NeuroMod, INRIA Centre de Recherche Sophia Antipolis, Université Côte d’Azur, 2004 Route des Lucioles, 06902 Valbonne, France
- Service Clinique Gériatrique du Cerveau et du Mouvement, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, 06000 Nice, France
| | - Grégoire D’Andréa
- Institut Universitaire de la Face et du Cou, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 31 Avenue de Valombrose, 06100 Nice, France; (É.C.); (G.D.); (C.S.); (N.G.); (L.C.)
| | - David Chirio
- Département de Médecine Infectiologique, Hôpital de l’archet, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 151 Route de Saint-Antoine, 06200 Nice, France; (D.C.); (É.D.); (K.R.)
| | - Élisa Demonchy
- Département de Médecine Infectiologique, Hôpital de l’archet, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 151 Route de Saint-Antoine, 06200 Nice, France; (D.C.); (É.D.); (K.R.)
| | - Karine Risso
- Département de Médecine Infectiologique, Hôpital de l’archet, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 151 Route de Saint-Antoine, 06200 Nice, France; (D.C.); (É.D.); (K.R.)
| | - Florence Askenazy-Gittard
- Laboratoire CoBTeK, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France; (M.P.); (L.-É.D.); (A.P.); (F.A.-G.); (P.R.); (V.M.); (A.G.)
- Hôpitaux Pédiatriques de Nice CHU-LENVAL, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 57 Avenue de la Californie, 06200 Nice, France
| | - Charles Savoldelli
- Institut Universitaire de la Face et du Cou, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 31 Avenue de Valombrose, 06100 Nice, France; (É.C.); (G.D.); (C.S.); (N.G.); (L.C.)
| | - Nicolas Guevara
- Institut Universitaire de la Face et du Cou, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 31 Avenue de Valombrose, 06100 Nice, France; (É.C.); (G.D.); (C.S.); (N.G.); (L.C.)
| | - Philippe Robert
- Laboratoire CoBTeK, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France; (M.P.); (L.-É.D.); (A.P.); (F.A.-G.); (P.R.); (V.M.); (A.G.)
- Département d’Orthophonie de Nice (DON), UFR Médecine, Université Côte d’Azur, 06107 Nice, France
- Service Clinique Gériatrique du Cerveau et du Mouvement, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, 06000 Nice, France
| | - Laurent Castillo
- Institut Universitaire de la Face et du Cou, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université Côte d’Azur, 31 Avenue de Valombrose, 06100 Nice, France; (É.C.); (G.D.); (C.S.); (N.G.); (L.C.)
| | - Valeria Manera
- Laboratoire CoBTeK, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France; (M.P.); (L.-É.D.); (A.P.); (F.A.-G.); (P.R.); (V.M.); (A.G.)
- Département d’Orthophonie de Nice (DON), UFR Médecine, Université Côte d’Azur, 06107 Nice, France
| | - Auriane Gros
- Laboratoire CoBTeK, Université Côte d’Azur, 06100 Nice, France; (M.P.); (L.-É.D.); (A.P.); (F.A.-G.); (P.R.); (V.M.); (A.G.)
- Département d’Orthophonie de Nice (DON), UFR Médecine, Université Côte d’Azur, 06107 Nice, France
- Service Clinique Gériatrique du Cerveau et du Mouvement, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, 06000 Nice, France
| |
Collapse
|
22
|
Manohar S, Chen GD, Ding D, Liu L, Wang J, Chen YC, Chen L, Salvi R. Unexpected Consequences of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Impaired Hippocampal Neurogenesis, Memory, and Stress. Front Integr Neurosci 2022; 16:871223. [PMID: 35619926 PMCID: PMC9127992 DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2022.871223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), caused by direct damage to the cochlea, reduces the flow of auditory information to the central nervous system, depriving higher order structures, such as the hippocampus with vital sensory information needed to carry out complex, higher order functions. Although the hippocampus lies outside the classical auditory pathway, it nevertheless receives acoustic information that influence its activity. Here we review recent results that illustrate how NIHL and other types of cochlear hearing loss disrupt hippocampal function. The hippocampus, which continues to generate new neurons (neurogenesis) in adulthood, plays an important role in spatial navigation, memory, and emotion. The hippocampus, which contains place cells that respond when a subject enters a specific location in the environment, integrates information from multiple sensory systems, including the auditory system, to develop cognitive spatial maps to aid in navigation. Acute exposure to intense noise disrupts the place-specific firing patterns of hippocampal neurons, "spatially disorienting" the cells for days. More traumatic sound exposures that result in permanent NIHL chronically suppresses cell proliferation and neurogenesis in the hippocampus; these structural changes are associated with long-term spatial memory deficits. Hippocampal neurons, which contain numerous glucocorticoid hormone receptors, are part of a complex feedback network connected to the hypothalamic-pituitary (HPA) axis. Chronic exposure to intense intermittent noise results in prolonged stress which can cause a persistent increase in corticosterone, a rodent stress hormone known to suppress neurogenesis. In contrast, a single intense noise exposure sufficient to cause permanent hearing loss produces only a transient increase in corticosterone hormone. Although basal corticosterone levels return to normal after the noise exposure, glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) in the hippocampus remain chronically elevated. Thus, NIHL disrupts negative feedback from the hippocampus to the HPA axis which regulates the release of corticosterone. Preclinical studies suggest that the noise-induced changes in hippocampal place cells, neurogenesis, spatial memory, and glucocorticoid receptors may be ameliorated by therapeutic interventions that reduce oxidative stress and inflammation. These experimental results may provide new insights on why hearing loss is a risk factor for cognitive decline and suggest methods for preventing this decline.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Senthilvelan Manohar
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
| | - Guang-Di Chen
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
| | - Dalian Ding
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
| | - Lijie Liu
- Department of Physiology, Medical College, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
| | - Jian Wang
- School of Communication Science and Disorders, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
| | - Yu-Chen Chen
- Department of Radiology, Nanjing First Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
| | - Lin Chen
- Auditory Research Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
| | - Richard Salvi
- Center for Hearing and Deafness, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States
| |
Collapse
|
23
|
Gattas S, Elias GA, Janecek J, Yassa MA, Fortin NJ. Proximal CA1 20-40 Hz power dynamics reflect trial-specific information processing supporting nonspatial sequence memory. eLife 2022; 11:e55528. [PMID: 35532116 PMCID: PMC9170241 DOI: 10.7554/elife.55528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 05/09/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The hippocampus is known to play a critical role in processing information about temporal context. However, it remains unclear how hippocampal oscillations are involved, and how their functional organization is influenced by connectivity gradients. We examined local field potential activity in CA1 as rats performed a nonspatial odor sequence memory task. We found that odor sequence processing epochs were characterized by distinct spectral profiles and proximodistal CA1 gradients of theta and 20-40 Hz power than track running epochs. We also discovered that 20-40 Hz power was predictive of sequence memory performance, particularly in proximal CA1 and during the plateau of high power observed in trials in which animals had to maintain their decision until instructed to respond. Altogether, these results provide evidence that dynamics of 20-40 Hz power along the CA1 axis are linked to trial-specific processing of nonspatial information critical to order judgments and are consistent with a role for 20-40 Hz power in gating information processing.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Sandra Gattas
- Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of CaliforniaIrvineUnited States
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of CaliforniaIrvineUnited States
| | - Gabriel A Elias
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of CaliforniaIrvineUnited States
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of CaliforniaIrvineUnited States
| | - John Janecek
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of CaliforniaIrvineUnited States
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of CaliforniaIrvineUnited States
| | - Michael A Yassa
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of CaliforniaIrvineUnited States
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of CaliforniaIrvineUnited States
| | - Norbert J Fortin
- Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of CaliforniaIrvineUnited States
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of CaliforniaIrvineUnited States
| |
Collapse
|
24
|
Mugnaini M, Polania D, Diaz Y, Ezquer M, Ezquer F, Deacon RMJ, Cogram P, Kropff E. Spatial maps and oscillations in the healthy hippocampus of Octodon degus, a natural model of sporadic Alzheimer's disease. Sci Rep 2022; 12:7350. [PMID: 35513473 PMCID: PMC9072334 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11153-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
Abstract
The Octodon degus is a South American rodent that is receiving increased attention as a potential model of aging and sporadic late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Impairments in spatial memory tasks in Octodon degus have been reported in relation to either advanced AD-like disease or hippocampal lesion, opening the way to investigate how the function of hippocampal networks affects behavior across AD stages. However, no characterization of hippocampal electrophysiology exists in this species. Here we describe in young, healthy specimens the activity of neurons and local field potential rhythms during spatial navigation tasks with and without objects. Our findings show similarities between the Octodon degus and laboratory rodents. First, place cells with characteristics similar to those found in rats and mice exist in the CA1 subfield of the Octodon degus. Second, the introduction of objects elicits novelty-related exploration and an increase in activity of CA1 cells, with location specific and unspecific components. Third, oscillations of the local field potential are organized according to their spectral content into bands similar to those found in laboratory rodents. These results suggest a common framework of underlying mechanisms, opening the way to future studies of hippocampal dysfunction in this species associated to aging and disease.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Diana Polania
- Department of Ecological Sciences, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
| | - Yannina Diaz
- Leloir Institute-IIBBA, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - Marcelo Ezquer
- Centro de Medicina Regenerativa, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
| | - Fernando Ezquer
- Centro de Medicina Regenerativa, Facultad de Medicina, Clínica Alemana-Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile
| | - Robert M J Deacon
- Department of Ecological Sciences, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
| | - Patricia Cogram
- Department of Ecological Sciences, Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Faculty of Sciences, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.,The Center for Neural Circuit Mapping, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
| | - Emilio Kropff
- Leloir Institute-IIBBA, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
| |
Collapse
|
25
|
Howland JG, Ito R, Lapish CC, Villaruel FR. The rodent medial prefrontal cortex and associated circuits in orchestrating adaptive behavior under variable demands. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2022; 135:104569. [PMID: 35131398 PMCID: PMC9248379 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2021] [Revised: 12/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Emerging evidence implicates rodent medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) in tasks requiring adaptation of behavior to changing information from external and internal sources. However, the computations within mPFC and subsequent outputs that determine behavior are incompletely understood. We review the involvement of mPFC subregions, and their projections to the striatum and amygdala in two broad types of tasks in rodents: 1) appetitive and aversive Pavlovian and operant conditioning tasks that engage mPFC-striatum and mPFC-amygdala circuits, and 2) foraging-based tasks that require decision making to optimize reward. We find support for region-specific function of the mPFC, with dorsal mPFC and its projections to the dorsomedial striatum supporting action control with higher cognitive demands, and ventral mPFC engagement in translating affective signals into behavior via discrete projections to the ventral striatum and amygdala. However, we also propose that defined mPFC subdivisions operate as a functional continuum rather than segregated functional units, with crosstalk that allows distinct subregion-specific inputs (e.g., internal, affective) to influence adaptive behavior supported by other subregions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- John G Howland
- Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
| | - Rutsuko Ito
- Department of Psychology, University of Toronto-Scarborough, Toronto, ON, Canada.
| | - Christopher C Lapish
- Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
| | - Franz R Villaruel
- Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
| |
Collapse
|
26
|
Kostka JK, Bitzenhofer SH. Postnatal Development of Centrifugal Inputs to the Olfactory Bulb. Front Neurosci 2022; 16:815282. [PMID: 35281496 PMCID: PMC8908425 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.815282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Accepted: 02/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Processing in primary sensory areas is influenced by centrifugal inputs from higher brain areas, providing information about behavioral state, attention, or context. Activity in the olfactory bulb (OB), the first central processing stage of olfactory information, is dynamically modulated by direct projections from a variety of areas in adult mice. Despite the early onset of olfactory sensation compared to other senses, the development of centrifugal inputs to the OB remains largely unknown. Using retrograde tracing across development, we show that centrifugal projections to the OB are established during the postnatal period in an area-specific manner. While feedback projections from the piriform cortex (PIR) are already present shortly after birth, they strongly increase in number during postnatal development with an anterior-posterior gradient. Contralateral projections from the anterior olfactory nucleus (AON) are present at birth but only appeared postnatally for the nucleus of the lateral olfactory tract (nLOT). Numbers of OB projecting neurons from the lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC), ventral hippocampus, and cortical amygdala (CoA) show a sudden increase at the beginning of the second postnatal week and a delayed development compared to more anterior areas. These anatomical data suggest that limited top-down influence on odor processing in the OB may be present at birth, but strongly increases during postnatal development and is only fully established later in life.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Sebastian H. Bitzenhofer
- Institute of Developmental Neurophysiology, Center for Molecular Neurobiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
| |
Collapse
|
27
|
Del Rio-Bermudez C, Blumberg MS. Sleep as a window on the sensorimotor foundations of the developing hippocampus. Hippocampus 2022; 32:89-97. [PMID: 33945190 PMCID: PMC9118132 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
Abstract
The hippocampal formation plays established roles in learning, memory, and related cognitive functions. Recent findings also suggest that the hippocampus integrates sensory feedback from self-generated movements to modulate ongoing motor responses in a changing environment. Such findings support the view of Bland and Oddie (Behavioural Brain Research, 2001, 127, 119-136) that the hippocampus is a site of sensorimotor integration. In further support of this view, we review neurophysiological evidence in developing rats that hippocampal function is built on a sensorimotor foundation and that this foundation is especially evident early in development. Moreover, at those ages when the hippocampus is first establishing functional connectivity with distant sensory and motor structures, that connectivity is preferentially expressed during periods of active (or REM) sleep. These findings reinforce the notion that sleep, as the predominant state of early infancy, provides a critical context for sensorimotor development, including development of the hippocampus and its associated network.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - Mark S Blumberg
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.,Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
| |
Collapse
|
28
|
Dong J, Zhan X, Sun H, Fang F, Wei Y. Olfactory dysfunction is associated with cognitive impairment in patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a cross-sectional study. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 2022; 279:1979-1987. [PMID: 34988658 DOI: 10.1007/s00405-021-07194-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) increases the risk for olfactory dysfunction. However, the relationship between olfactory function and cognition in OSA patients is unclear. The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between cognition and olfactory dysfunction (OD) in patients with OSA. METHOD This was a cross-sectional study in which 74 patients with OSA and 22 controls were recruited. All subjects completed polysomnography, Sniffin' Sticks, and -neurocognitive assessments. According to results of Sniffin' Sticks, OSA patients were divided into two groups: OSA with OD (53 cases) and OSA without OD (21 cases). Neurocognitive function was assessed by Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Memory and Executive Screening (MES), and Shape Trail Test (STT). Cognition was compared between OSA with and without OD. Correlation between olfactory parameters and respiratory sleep parameters and neurocognitive assessments was analyzed. RESULTS Compared with OSA without OD, OSA with OD showed significantly decreased neurocognitive scores of MoCA (29-27 vs 27-23, p < 0.01), MES-5R (45-40.1 vs 43-33.5, p < 0.01) and increased consuming time of STT-B (91.66 vs 121.63, p < 0.01). A positive correlation was found between the scores of MoCA and MES-5R and all olfactory parameters. In addition, a negative correlation was present between the time consumed for STT-B and odor thresholds (r = - 0.344, p < 0.01), odor identification (r = - 0.335, p < 0.01), and threshold-discrimination-identification scores (r = - 0.448, p < 0.01). CONCLUSION Olfactory function is associated cognitive function in patients with OSA and may provide a new direction for early treatment interventions in OSA patients at risk for cognitive impairment.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jiajia Dong
- Department of Otolaryngology, Smell and Taste Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 2 Anzhen Road, Beijing, 100029, China
| | - Xiaojun Zhan
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, No.2 Yabao Road, Beijing, 100045, China
| | - Haili Sun
- Department of Otolaryngology, Smell and Taste Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 2 Anzhen Road, Beijing, 100029, China
| | - Fang Fang
- Department of Sleep Medical Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 2 Anzhen Road, Beijing, 100029, China
| | - Yongxiang Wei
- Department of Otolaryngology, Smell and Taste Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 2 Anzhen Road, Beijing, 100029, China.
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, No.2 Yabao Road, Beijing, 100045, China.
| |
Collapse
|
29
|
Smell-induced gamma oscillations in human olfactory cortex are required for accurate perception of odor identity. PLoS Biol 2022; 20:e3001509. [PMID: 34986157 PMCID: PMC8765613 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2021] [Revised: 01/18/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Studies of neuronal oscillations have contributed substantial insight into the mechanisms of visual, auditory, and somatosensory perception. However, progress in such research in the human olfactory system has lagged behind. As a result, the electrophysiological properties of the human olfactory system are poorly understood, and, in particular, whether stimulus-driven high-frequency oscillations play a role in odor processing is unknown. Here, we used direct intracranial recordings from human piriform cortex during an odor identification task to show that 3 key oscillatory rhythms are an integral part of the human olfactory cortical response to smell: Odor induces theta, beta, and gamma rhythms in human piriform cortex. We further show that these rhythms have distinct relationships with perceptual behavior. Odor-elicited gamma oscillations occur only during trials in which the odor is accurately perceived, and features of gamma oscillations predict odor identification accuracy, suggesting that they are critical for odor identity perception in humans. We also found that the amplitude of high-frequency oscillations is organized by the phase of low-frequency signals shortly following sniff onset, only when odor is present. Our findings reinforce previous work on theta oscillations, suggest that gamma oscillations in human piriform cortex are important for perception of odor identity, and constitute a robust identification of the characteristic electrophysiological response to smell in the human brain. Future work will determine whether the distinct oscillations we identified reflect distinct perceptual features of odor stimuli. Intracranial recordings from human olfactory cortex reveal a characteristic spectrotemporal response to odors, including theta, beta and gamma oscillations, and show that high-frequency responses are critical for accurate perception of odors.
Collapse
|
30
|
Symanski CA, Bladon JH, Kullberg ET, Miller P, Jadhav SP. Rhythmic coordination and ensemble dynamics in the hippocampal-prefrontal network during odor-place associative memory and decision making. eLife 2022; 11:79545. [PMID: 36480255 PMCID: PMC9799972 DOI: 10.7554/elife.79545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Memory-guided decision making involves long-range coordination across sensory and cognitive brain networks, with key roles for the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex (PFC). In order to investigate the mechanisms of such coordination, we monitored activity in hippocampus (CA1), PFC, and olfactory bulb (OB) in rats performing an odor-place associative memory guided decision task on a T-maze. During odor sampling, the beta (20-30 Hz) and respiratory (7-8 Hz) rhythms (RR) were prominent across the three regions, with beta and RR coherence between all pairs of regions enhanced during the odor-cued decision making period. Beta phase modulation of phase-locked CA1 and PFC neurons during this period was linked to accurate decisions, with a key role of CA1 interneurons in temporal coordination. Single neurons and ensembles in both CA1 and PFC encoded and predicted animals' upcoming choices, with different cell ensembles engaged during decision-making and decision execution on the maze. Our findings indicate that rhythmic coordination within the hippocampal-prefrontal-olfactory bulb network supports utilization of odor cues for memory-guided decision making.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
| | - John H Bladon
- Neuroscience Program, Brandeis UniversityWalthamUnited States,Department of Psychology, Brandeis UniversityWalthamUnited States
| | - Emi T Kullberg
- Neuroscience Program, Brandeis UniversityWalthamUnited States,Department of Psychology, Brandeis UniversityWalthamUnited States
| | - Paul Miller
- Neuroscience Program, Brandeis UniversityWalthamUnited States,Volen National Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis UniversityWalthamUnited States
| | | |
Collapse
|
31
|
Poo C, Agarwal G, Bonacchi N, Mainen ZF. Spatial maps in piriform cortex during olfactory navigation. Nature 2021; 601:595-599. [PMID: 34937941 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-021-04242-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Odours are a fundamental part of the sensory environment used by animals to guide behaviours such as foraging and navigation1,2. Primary olfactory (piriform) cortex is thought to be the main cortical region for encoding odour identity3-8. Here, using neural ensemble recordings in freely moving rats performing an odour-cued spatial choice task, we show that posterior piriform cortex neurons carry a robust spatial representation of the environment. Piriform spatial representations have features of a learned cognitive map, being most prominent near odour ports, stable across behavioural contexts and independent of olfactory drive or reward availability. The accuracy of spatial information carried by individual piriform neurons was predicted by the strength of their functional coupling to the hippocampal theta rhythm. Ensembles of piriform neurons concurrently represented odour identity as well as spatial locations of animals, forming an odour-place map. Our results reveal a function for piriform cortex in spatial cognition and suggest that it is well-suited to form odour-place associations and guide olfactory-cued spatial navigation.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Cindy Poo
- Champalimaud Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal.
| | - Gautam Agarwal
- W. M. Keck Science Center, The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA, USA
| | | | | |
Collapse
|
32
|
Yan Y, Aierken A, Wang C, Song D, Ni J, Wang Z, Quan Z, Qing H. A potential biomarker of preclinical Alzheimer's disease: The olfactory dysfunction and its pathogenesis-based neural circuitry impairments. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2021; 132:857-869. [PMID: 34810025 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Revised: 10/26/2021] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
Abstract
The olfactory dysfunction can signal and act as a potential biomarker of preclinical AD. However, the precise regulatory mechanism of olfactory function on the neural pathogenesis of AD is still unclear. The impairment of neural networks in olfaction system has been shown to be tightly associated with AD. As key brain regions of the olfactory system, the olfactory bulb (OB) and the piriform cortex (PCx) have a profound influence on the olfactory function. Therefore, this review will explore the mechanism of olfactory dysfunction in preclinical AD in the perspective of abnormal neural networks in the OB and PCx and their associated brain regions, especially from two aspects of aberrant oscillations and synaptic plasticity damages, which help better understand the underlying mechanism of olfactory neural network damages related to AD.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Yan Yan
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
| | - Ailikemu Aierken
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
| | - Chunjian Wang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
| | - Da Song
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
| | - Junjun Ni
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
| | - Zhe Wang
- Advanced Innovation Center for Human Brain Protection, Capital Medical University, The National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Disease, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
| | - Zhenzhen Quan
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
| | - Hong Qing
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine and Biotherapy, School of Life Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China.
| |
Collapse
|
33
|
Breston L, Leonardis EJ, Quinn LK, Tolston M, Wiles J, Chiba AA. Convergent cross sorting for estimating dynamic coupling. Sci Rep 2021; 11:20374. [PMID: 34645847 PMCID: PMC8514556 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-98864-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Natural systems exhibit diverse behavior generated by complex interactions between their constituent parts. To characterize these interactions, we introduce Convergent Cross Sorting (CCS), a novel algorithm based on convergent cross mapping (CCM) for estimating dynamic coupling from time series data. CCS extends CCM by using the relative ranking of distances within state-space reconstructions to improve the prior methods' performance at identifying the existence, relative strength, and directionality of coupling across a wide range of signal and noise characteristics. In particular, relative to CCM, CCS has a large performance advantage when analyzing very short time series data and data from continuous dynamical systems with synchronous behavior. This advantage allows CCS to better uncover the temporal and directional relationships within systems that undergo frequent and short-lived switches in dynamics, such as neural systems. In this paper, we validate CCS on simulated data and demonstrate its applicability to electrophysiological recordings from interacting brain regions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Leo Breston
- Program in Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
| | - Eric J Leonardis
- Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
| | - Laleh K Quinn
- Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
| | - Michael Tolston
- Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH, 4532, USA
| | - Janet Wiles
- School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
| | - Andrea A Chiba
- Program in Neurosciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.,Department of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
| |
Collapse
|
34
|
Dan X, Wechter N, Gray S, Mohanty JG, Croteau DL, Bohr VA. Olfactory dysfunction in aging and neurodegenerative diseases. Ageing Res Rev 2021; 70:101416. [PMID: 34325072 PMCID: PMC8373788 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2021.101416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/15/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Alterations in olfactory functions are proposed to be early biomarkers for neurodegeneration. Many neurodegenerative diseases are age-related, including two of the most common, Parkinson's disease (PD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The establishment of biomarkers that promote early risk identification is critical for the implementation of early treatment to postpone or avert pathological development. Olfactory dysfunction (OD) is seen in 90% of early-stage PD patients and 85% of patients with early-stage AD, which makes it an attractive biomarker for early diagnosis of these diseases. Here, we systematically review widely applied smelling tests available for humans as well as olfaction assessments performed in some animal models and the relationships between OD and normal aging, PD, AD, and other conditions. The utility of OD as a biomarker for neurodegenerative disease diagnosis and future research directions are also discussed.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Xiuli Dan
- Section on DNA Repair, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
| | - Noah Wechter
- Section on DNA Repair, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
| | - Samuel Gray
- Section on DNA Repair, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
| | - Joy G Mohanty
- Section on DNA Repair, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
| | - Deborah L Croteau
- Section on DNA Repair, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
| | - Vilhelm A Bohr
- Section on DNA Repair, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA; Danish Center for Healthy Aging, University of Copenhagen, 2200 Copenhagen, Denmark.
| |
Collapse
|
35
|
Lunardi P, Mansk LMZ, Jaimes LF, Pereira GS. On the novel mechanisms for social memory and the emerging role of neurogenesis. Brain Res Bull 2021; 171:56-66. [PMID: 33753208 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2021.03.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Social memory (SM) is a key element in social cognition and it encompasses the neural representation of conspecifics, an essential information to guide behavior in a social context. Here we evaluate classical and cutting-edge studies on neurobiology of SM, using as a guiding principle behavioral tasks performed in adult rodents. Our review highlights the relevance of the hippocampus, especially the CA2 region, as a neural substrate for SM and suggest that neural ensembles in the olfactory bulb may also encode SM traces. Compared to other hippocampus-dependent memories, much remains to be done to describe the neurobiological foundations of SM. Nonetheless, we argue that special attention should be paid to neurogenesis. Finally, we pinpoint the remaining open question on whether the hippocampal adult neurogenesis acts through pattern separation to permit the discrimination of highly similar stimuli during behavior.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Paula Lunardi
- Núcleo de Neurociências, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - Lara M Z Mansk
- Núcleo de Neurociências, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - Laura F Jaimes
- Núcleo de Neurociências, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
| | - Grace S Pereira
- Núcleo de Neurociências, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
| |
Collapse
|
36
|
Su B, Bleier B, Wei Y, Wu D. Clinical Implications of Psychophysical Olfactory Testing: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Outcome. Front Neurosci 2021; 15:646956. [PMID: 33815048 PMCID: PMC8012732 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2021.646956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Purpose of Review Olfactory dysfunction dramatically impairs quality of life with a prevalence of 20% in the general adult population. Psychophysical olfactory testing has been widely used to evaluate the ability to smell due to its validated utility and feasibility in clinic. This review summarizes the current literature regarding psychophysical olfactory testing and the clinical relevance of the olfactory testing with different components. Furthermore, the review highlights the diagnosis and treatment value of olfactory subtests in patients with olfactory dysfunction. Recent Findings With the accumulation of studies of psychophysical olfactory testing in olfactory disorders, the clinical relevance of olfactory testing with different components is expanding. Different olfactory domains present with distinct olfactory processing and cortical activity. Psychophysical assessment of olfaction with three domains reveals different levels of olfactory processing and might assist with analyzing the pathophysiologic mechanism of the various olfactory disorders. Furthermore, olfactory thresholds provided the largest amount of non-redundant information to the olfactory diagnosis. Sinonasal olfactory dysfunction and non-sinonasal-related olfactory dysfunction are emerging classifications of smell disorders with certain characteristics of olfactory impairment and different responses to the therapy including steroids, sinus surgery, and olfactory training. Summary These recent advancements should promote the understanding of psychophysical olfactory testing, the association between individual subcomponents and neurophysiological processes, and pave the way for precision assessment and treatment of the olfactory dysfunction.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Baihan Su
- Department of Otolaryngology, Smell and Taste Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
| | - Benjamin Bleier
- Department of Otolaryngology, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
| | - Yongxiang Wei
- Department of Otolaryngology, Smell and Taste Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
| | - Dawei Wu
- Department of Otolaryngology, Smell and Taste Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
| |
Collapse
|
37
|
Zhou G, Olofsson JK, Koubeissi MZ, Menelaou G, Rosenow J, Schuele SU, Xu P, Voss JL, Lane G, Zelano C. Human hippocampal connectivity is stronger in olfaction than other sensory systems. Prog Neurobiol 2021; 201:102027. [PMID: 33640412 DOI: 10.1016/j.pneurobio.2021.102027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 02/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
During mammalian evolution, primate neocortex expanded, shifting hippocampal functional networks away from primary sensory cortices, towards association cortices. Reflecting this rerouting, human resting hippocampal functional networks preferentially include higher association cortices, while those in rodents retained primary sensory cortices. Research on human visual, auditory and somatosensory systems shows evidence of this rerouting. Olfaction, however, is unique among sensory systems in its relative structural conservation throughout mammalian evolution, and it is unknown whether human primary olfactory cortex was subject to the same rerouting. We combined functional neuroimaging and intracranial electrophysiology to directly compare hippocampal functional networks across human sensory systems. We show that human primary olfactory cortex-including the anterior olfactory nucleus, olfactory tubercle and piriform cortex-has stronger functional connectivity with hippocampal networks at rest, compared to other sensory systems. This suggests that unlike other sensory systems, olfactory-hippocampal connectivity may have been retained in mammalian evolution. We further show that olfactory-hippocampal connectivity oscillates with nasal breathing. Our findings suggest olfaction might provide insight into how memory and cognition depend on hippocampal interactions.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Guangyu Zhou
- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
| | - Jonas K Olofsson
- Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Emotional Brain Institute, Nathan S. Kline Institute, Orangeburg, NY, USA; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
| | | | | | - Joshua Rosenow
- Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Stephan U Schuele
- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Pengfei Xu
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Applied Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China; Center for Neuroimaging, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience, Shenzhen, China; Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Research Institute for Neuroscience and Neurotechnologies, Kwun Tong, Hong Kong, China
| | - Joel L Voss
- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Gregory Lane
- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
| | - Christina Zelano
- Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
38
|
Hernández-Soto R, Villasana-Salazar B, Pinedo-Vargas L, Peña-Ortega F. Chronic intermittent hypoxia alters main olfactory bulb activity and olfaction. Exp Neurol 2021; 340:113653. [PMID: 33607078 DOI: 10.1016/j.expneurol.2021.113653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
Abstract
Olfactory dysfunction is commonly observed in patients with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), which is related to chronic intermittent hypoxia (CIH). OSA patients exhibit alterations in discrimination, identification and odor detection threshold. These olfactory functions strongly rely on neuronal processing within the main olfactory bulb (MOB). However, a direct evaluation of the effects of controlled CIH on olfaction and MOB network activity has not been performed. Here, we used electrophysiological field recordings in vivo to evaluate the effects of 21-day-long CIH on MOB network activity and its response to odors. In addition, we assessed animals´ olfaction with the buried food and habituation/dishabituation tests. We found that mice exposed to CIH show alterations in MOB spontaneous activity in vivo, consisting of a reduction in beta and gamma frequency bands power along with an increase in the theta band power. Likewise, the MOB was less responsive to odor stimulation, since the proportional increase of the power of its population activity in response to four different odorants was smaller than the one observed in control animals. These CIH-induced MOB functional alterations correlate with a reduction in the ability to detect, habituate and discriminate olfactory stimuli. Our findings indicate that CIH generates alterations in the MOB neural network, which could be involved in the olfactory deterioration in patients with OSA.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Rebeca Hernández-Soto
- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
| | - Benjamín Villasana-Salazar
- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
| | - Laura Pinedo-Vargas
- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico
| | - Fernando Peña-Ortega
- Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico.
| |
Collapse
|
39
|
Iwasaki S, Sasaki T, Ikegaya Y. Hippocampal beta oscillations predict mouse object-location associative memory performance. Hippocampus 2021; 31:503-511. [PMID: 33556218 DOI: 10.1002/hipo.23311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
Abstract
Memorizing the locations of environmental cues is crucial for survival and depends on the hippocampus. We recorded local field potentials (LFPs) from the hippocampus of freely moving mice during an object location task. The power of beta-band (23-30 Hz) oscillations increased immediately before approaching objects in a memory-encoding phase. The exploration-induced beta oscillations gradually decreased during the memory-encoding session. Mice that exhibited stronger beta oscillation power exhibited better performance in the subsequent memory-retrieval test. These results suggest that beta oscillations in the hippocampal CA1 region are involved in the memory encoding of object-location associations.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Satoshi Iwasaki
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Takuya Sasaki
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Saitama, Japan
| | - Yuji Ikegaya
- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.,Center for Information and Neural Networks, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Suita City, Osaka, Japan
| |
Collapse
|
40
|
Hartig R, Wolf D, Schmeisser MJ, Kelsch W. Genetic influences of autism candidate genes on circuit wiring and olfactory decoding. Cell Tissue Res 2021; 383:581-595. [PMID: 33515293 PMCID: PMC7872953 DOI: 10.1007/s00441-020-03390-8] [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: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Olfaction supports a multitude of behaviors vital for social communication and interactions between conspecifics. Intact sensory processing is contingent upon proper circuit wiring. Disturbances in genetic factors controlling circuit assembly and synaptic wiring can lead to neurodevelopmental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), where impaired social interactions and communication are core symptoms. The variability in behavioral phenotype expression is also contingent upon the role environmental factors play in defining genetic expression. Considering the prevailing clinical diagnosis of ASD, research on therapeutic targets for autism is essential. Behavioral impairments may be identified along a range of increasingly complex social tasks. Hence, the assessment of social behavior and communication is progressing towards more ethologically relevant tasks. Garnering a more accurate understanding of social processing deficits in the sensory domain may greatly contribute to the development of therapeutic targets. With that framework, studies have found a viable link between social behaviors, circuit wiring, and altered neuronal coding related to the processing of salient social stimuli. Here, the relationship between social odor processing in rodents and humans is examined in the context of health and ASD, with special consideration for how genetic expression and neuronal connectivity may regulate behavioral phenotypes.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Renée Hartig
- Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55131, Mainz, Germany.,Focus Program Translational Neurosciences (FTN), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55131, Mainz, Germany.,Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68159, Mannheim, Germany.,Institute for Microscopic Anatomy and Neurobiology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55131, Mainz, Germany
| | - David Wolf
- Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68159, Mannheim, Germany
| | - Michael J Schmeisser
- Focus Program Translational Neurosciences (FTN), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55131, Mainz, Germany.,Institute for Microscopic Anatomy and Neurobiology, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55131, Mainz, Germany
| | - Wolfgang Kelsch
- Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55131, Mainz, Germany. .,Focus Program Translational Neurosciences (FTN), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, 55131, Mainz, Germany. .,Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, 68159, Mannheim, Germany.
| |
Collapse
|
41
|
Zhang Z, Collins DC, Maier JX. Network Dynamics in the Developing Piriform Cortex of Unanesthetized Rats. Cereb Cortex 2021; 31:1334-1346. [PMID: 33063095 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhaa300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2020] [Revised: 09/14/2020] [Accepted: 09/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
Abstract
The time course of changes in functional cortical activity during early development has been extensively studied in the rodent visual system. A key period in this process is the time of eye opening, which marks the onset of patterned visual input and active vision. However, vision differs from other systems in that it receives limited patterned sensory input before eye opening, and it remains unclear how findings from vision relate to other systems. Here, we focus on the development of cortical network activity in the olfactory system-which is crucial for survival at birth-by recording field potential and spiking activity from piriform cortex of unanesthetized rat pups from birth (P0) to P21. Our results demonstrate that odors evoke stable 10-15 Hz oscillations in piriform cortex from birth to P15, after which cortical responses undergo rapid changes. This transition is coincident with the emergence of gamma oscillations and fast sniffing behavior and preceded by an increase in spontaneous activity. Neonatal network oscillations and their developmental dynamics exhibit striking similarities with those previously observed in the visual, auditory, and somatosensory systems, providing insight into the network-level mechanisms underlying the development of sensory cortex in general and olfactory processing in particular.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Zihao Zhang
- Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
| | - Donald Chad Collins
- Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
| | - Joost X Maier
- Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA
| |
Collapse
|
42
|
Taxidis J, Pnevmatikakis EA, Dorian CC, Mylavarapu AL, Arora JS, Samadian KD, Hoffberg EA, Golshani P. Differential Emergence and Stability of Sensory and Temporal Representations in Context-Specific Hippocampal Sequences. Neuron 2020; 108:984-998.e9. [PMID: 32949502 PMCID: PMC7736335 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.08.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2020] [Revised: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 08/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
Abstract
Hippocampal spiking sequences encode external stimuli and spatiotemporal intervals, linking sequential experiences in memory, but the dynamics controlling the emergence and stability of such diverse representations remain unclear. Using two-photon calcium imaging in CA1 while mice performed an olfactory working-memory task, we recorded stimulus-specific sequences of "odor-cells" encoding olfactory stimuli followed by "time-cells" encoding time points in the ensuing delay. Odor-cells were reliably activated and retained stable fields during changes in trial structure and across days. Time-cells exhibited sparse and dynamic fields that remapped in both cases. During task training, but not in untrained task exposure, time-cell ensembles increased in size, whereas odor-cell numbers remained stable. Over days, sequences drifted to new populations with cell activity progressively converging to a field and then diverging from it. Therefore, CA1 employs distinct regimes to encode external cues versus their variable temporal relationships, which may be necessary to construct maps of sequential experiences.
Collapse
MESH Headings
- Action Potentials
- Animals
- CA1 Region, Hippocampal/chemistry
- CA1 Region, Hippocampal/cytology
- CA1 Region, Hippocampal/physiology
- Cues
- Male
- Memory, Short-Term/drug effects
- Memory, Short-Term/physiology
- Mice
- Mice, 129 Strain
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Mice, Transgenic
- Microscopy, Fluorescence, Multiphoton/methods
- Odorants
- Smell/drug effects
- Smell/physiology
- Time Factors
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Jiannis Taxidis
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Integrative Center for Learning and Memory, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
| | | | - Conor C Dorian
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Apoorva L Mylavarapu
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Jagmeet S Arora
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Kian D Samadian
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Emily A Hoffberg
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Peyman Golshani
- Department of Neurology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Integrative Center for Learning and Memory, Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA; West Los Angeles Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
43
|
Woods NI, Stefanini F, Apodaca-Montano DL, Tan IMC, Biane JS, Kheirbek MA. The Dentate Gyrus Classifies Cortical Representations of Learned Stimuli. Neuron 2020; 107:173-184.e6. [PMID: 32359400 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Revised: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/31/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
Abstract
Animals must discern important stimuli and place them onto their cognitive map of their environment. The neocortex conveys general representations of sensory events to the hippocampus, and the hippocampus is thought to classify and sharpen the distinctions between these events. We recorded populations of dentate gyrus granule cells (DG GCs) and lateral entorhinal cortex (LEC) neurons across days to understand how sensory representations are modified by experience. We found representations of odors in DG GCs that required synaptic input from the LEC. Odor classification accuracy in DG GCs correlated with future behavioral discrimination. In associative learning, DG GCs, more so than LEC neurons, changed their responses to odor stimuli, increasing the distance in neural representations between stimuli, responding more to the conditioned and less to the unconditioned odorant. Thus, with learning, DG GCs amplify the decodability of cortical representations of important stimuli, which may facilitate information storage to guide behavior.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Nicholas I Woods
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Fabio Stefanini
- Center for Theoretical Neuroscience, Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, Department of Neuroscience, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
| | | | - Isabelle M C Tan
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Jeremy S Biane
- Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA
| | - Mazen A Kheirbek
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA; Center for Integrative Neuroscience, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
| |
Collapse
|
44
|
Del Rio-Bermudez C, Kim J, Sokoloff G, Blumberg MS. Active Sleep Promotes Coherent Oscillatory Activity in the Cortico-Hippocampal System of Infant Rats. Cereb Cortex 2020; 30:2070-2082. [PMID: 31922194 PMCID: PMC7175014 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2019] [Revised: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Active sleep (AS) provides a unique developmental context for synchronizing neural activity within and between cortical and subcortical structures. In week-old rats, sensory feedback from myoclonic twitches, the phasic motor activity that characterizes AS, promotes coherent theta oscillations (4-8 Hz) in the hippocampus and red nucleus, a midbrain motor structure. Sensory feedback from twitches also triggers rhythmic activity in sensorimotor cortex in the form of spindle bursts, which are brief oscillatory events composed of rhythmic components in the theta, alpha/beta (8-20 Hz), and beta2 (20-30 Hz) bands. Here we ask whether one or more of these spindle-burst components are communicated from sensorimotor cortex to hippocampus. By recording simultaneously from whisker barrel cortex and dorsal hippocampus in 8-day-old rats, we show that AS, but not other behavioral states, promotes cortico-hippocampal coherence specifically in the beta2 band. By cutting the infraorbital nerve to prevent the conveyance of sensory feedback from whisker twitches, cortical-hippocampal beta2 coherence during AS was substantially reduced. These results demonstrate the necessity of sensory input, particularly during AS, for coordinating rhythmic activity between these two developing forebrain structures.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Carlos Del Rio-Bermudez
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
| | - Jangjin Kim
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
| | - Greta Sokoloff
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
| | - Mark S Blumberg
- Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA
- Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52245, USA
| |
Collapse
|
45
|
Aqrabawi AJ, Kim JC. Olfactory memory representations are stored in the anterior olfactory nucleus. Nat Commun 2020; 11:1246. [PMID: 32144256 PMCID: PMC7060254 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-15032-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 02/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
Abstract
The anterior olfactory nucleus (AON) is the initial recipient of odour information from the olfactory bulb, and the target of dense innervation conveying spatiotemporal cues from the hippocampus. We hypothesized that the AON detects the coincidence of these inputs, generating patterns of activity reflective of episodic odour engrams. Using activity-dependent tagging combined with neural manipulation techniques, we reveal that contextually-relevant odour engrams are stored within the AON and that their activity is necessary and sufficient for the behavioural expression of odour memory. Our findings offer a new model for studying the mechanisms underlying memory representations. Odours are powerful stimuli used by most organisms to guide behaviour. Here, the authors identify populations of neurons within the anterior olfactory nucleus (AON) which are necessary and sufficient for the behavioural expression of odour memory.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Afif J Aqrabawi
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3G5, Canada. .,Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA.
| | - Jun Chul Kim
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S 3G5, Canada. .,Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G3, Canada.
| |
Collapse
|
46
|
Pro-neurogenic effect of fluoxetine in the olfactory bulb is concomitant to improvements in social memory and depressive-like behavior of socially isolated mice. Transl Psychiatry 2020; 10:33. [PMID: 32066672 PMCID: PMC7026434 DOI: 10.1038/s41398-020-0701-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Revised: 12/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/02/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Although loneliness is a human experience, it can be estimated in laboratory animals deprived from physical contact with conspecifics. Rodents under social isolation (SI) tend to develop emotional distress and cognitive impairment. However, it is still to be determined whether those conditions present a common neural mechanism. Here, we conducted a series of behavioral, morphological, and neurochemical analyses in adult mice that underwent to 1 week of SI. We observed that SI mice display a depressive-like state that can be prevented by enriched environment, and the antidepressants fluoxetine (FLX) and desipramine (DES). Interestingly, chronic administration of FLX, but not DES, was able to counteract the deleterious effect of SI on social memory. We also analyzed cell proliferation, neurogenesis, and astrogenesis after the treatment with antidepressants. Our results showed that the olfactory bulb (OB) was the neurogenic niche with the highest increase in neurogenesis after the treatment with FLX. Considering that after FLX treatment social memory was rescued and depressive-like behavior decreased, we propose neurogenesis in the OB as a possible mechanism to unify the FLX ability to counteract the deleterious effect of SI.
Collapse
|
47
|
Strauch C, Manahan-Vaughan D. Orchestration of Hippocampal Information Encoding by the Piriform Cortex. Cereb Cortex 2020; 30:135-147. [PMID: 31220213 PMCID: PMC7029697 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhz077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2018] [Revised: 03/08/2019] [Accepted: 03/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
Abstract
The hippocampus utilizes olfactospatial information to encode sensory experience by means of synaptic plasticity. Odor exposure is also a potent impetus for hippocampus-dependent memory retrieval. Here, we explored to what extent the piriform cortex directly impacts upon hippocampal information processing and storage. In behaving rats, test-pulse stimulation of the anterior piriform cortex (aPC) evoked field potentials in the dentate gyrus (DG). Patterned stimulation of the aPC triggered both long-term potentiation (LTP > 24 h) and short-term depression (STD), in a frequency-dependent manner. Dual stimulation of the aPC and perforant path demonstrated subordination of the aPC response, which was nonetheless completely distinct in profile to perforant path-induced DG plasticity. Correspondingly, patterned aPC stimulation resulted in somatic immediate early gene expression in the DG that did not overlap with responses elicited by perforant path stimulation. Our results support that the piriform cortex engages in specific control of hippocampal information processing and encoding. This process may underlie the unique role of olfactory cues in information encoding and retrieval of hippocampus-dependent associative memories.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Christina Strauch
- Department of Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty
- International Graduate School for Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstr. Bochum, Germany
| | - Denise Manahan-Vaughan
- Department of Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty
- International Graduate School for Neuroscience, Ruhr University Bochum, Universitaetsstr. Bochum, Germany
| |
Collapse
|
48
|
Kulkarni AS, del Mar Cortijo M, Roberts ER, Suggs TL, Stover HB, Pena-Bravo JI, Steiner JA, Luk KC, Brundin P, Wesson DW. Perturbation of in vivo Neural Activity Following α-Synuclein Seeding in the Olfactory Bulb. JOURNAL OF PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2020; 10:1411-1427. [PMID: 32925105 PMCID: PMC8018612 DOI: 10.3233/jpd-202241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Parkinson's disease (PD) neuropathology is characterized by intraneuronal protein aggregates composed of misfolded α-Synuclein (α-Syn), as well as degeneration of substantia nigra dopamine neurons. Deficits in olfactory perception and aggregation of α-Syn in the olfactory bulb (OB) are observed during early stages of PD, and have been associated with the PD prodrome, before onset of the classic motor deficits. α-Syn fibrils injected into the OB of mice cause progressive propagation of α-Syn pathology throughout the olfactory system and are coupled to olfactory perceptual deficits. OBJECTIVE We hypothesized that accumulation of pathogenic α-Syn in the OB impairs neural activity in the olfactory system. METHODS To address this, we monitored spontaneous and odor-evoked local field potential dynamics in awake wild type mice simultaneously in the OB and piriform cortex (PCX) one, two, and three months following injection of pathogenic preformed α-Syn fibrils in the OB. RESULTS We detected α-Syn pathology in both the OB and PCX. We also observed that α-Syn fibril injections influenced odor-evoked activity in the OB. In particular, α-Syn fibril-injected mice displayed aberrantly high odor-evoked power in the beta spectral range. A similar change in activity was not detected in the PCX, despite high levels of α-Syn pathology. CONCLUSION Together, this work provides evidence that synucleinopathy impacts in vivo neural activity in the olfactory system at the network-level.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Aishwarya S. Kulkarni
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Florida, 1200 Newell Dr.; Gainesville, FL, 32610, U.S.A
| | - Maria del Mar Cortijo
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Florida, 1200 Newell Dr.; Gainesville, FL, 32610, U.S.A
| | - Elizabeth R. Roberts
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Florida, 1200 Newell Dr.; Gainesville, FL, 32610, U.S.A
| | - Tamara L. Suggs
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Florida, 1200 Newell Dr.; Gainesville, FL, 32610, U.S.A
| | - Heather B. Stover
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Florida, 1200 Newell Dr.; Gainesville, FL, 32610, U.S.A
| | - José I. Pena-Bravo
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Florida, 1200 Newell Dr.; Gainesville, FL, 32610, U.S.A
| | - Jennifer A. Steiner
- Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, U.S.A
| | - Kelvin C. Luk
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research and Institute on Aging, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
| | - Patrik Brundin
- Center for Neurodegenerative Science, Van Andel Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503, U.S.A
| | - Daniel W. Wesson
- Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, University of Florida, 1200 Newell Dr.; Gainesville, FL, 32610, U.S.A
| |
Collapse
|
49
|
Fourcaud-Trocmé N, Lefèvre L, Garcia S, Messaoudi B, Buonviso N. High beta rhythm amplitude in olfactory learning signs a well-consolidated and non-flexible behavioral state. Sci Rep 2019; 9:20259. [PMID: 31889074 PMCID: PMC6937317 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-56340-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2019] [Accepted: 12/07/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Beta rhythm (15-30 Hz) is a major candidate underlying long-range communication in the brain. In olfactory tasks, beta activity is strongly modulated by learning but its condition of expression and the network(s) responsible for its generation are unclear. Here we analyzed the emergence of beta activity in local field potentials recorded from olfactory, sensorimotor and limbic structures of rats performing an olfactory task. Rats performed successively simple discrimination, rule transfer, memory recall tests and contingency reversal. Beta rhythm amplitude progressively increased over learning in most recorded areas. Beta amplitude reduced to baseline when new odors were introduced, but remained high during memory recall. Intra-session analysis showed that even expert rats required several trials to reach a good performance level, with beta rhythm amplitude increasing in parallel. Notably, at the beginning of the reversal task, beta amplitude remained high while performance was low and, in all tested animals, beta amplitude decreased before rats were able to learn the new contingencies. Connectivity analysis showed that beta activity was highly coherent between all structures where it was expressed. Overall, our results suggest that beta rhythm is expressed in a highly coherent network when context learning - including both odors and reward - is consolidated and signals behavioral inflexibility.
Collapse
Affiliation(s)
- Nicolas Fourcaud-Trocmé
- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Inserm U 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, University Lyon 1, Bron, 69675, France.
| | - Laura Lefèvre
- Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, University of Oxford, OX1 3TH, Oxford, United Kingdom
| | - Samuel Garcia
- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Inserm U 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, University Lyon 1, Bron, 69675, France
| | - Belkacem Messaoudi
- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Inserm U 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, University Lyon 1, Bron, 69675, France
| | - Nathalie Buonviso
- Lyon Neuroscience Research Center, Inserm U 1028, CNRS UMR 5292, University Lyon 1, Bron, 69675, France
| |
Collapse
|
50
|
Kedrov AV, Mineyeva OA, Enikolopov GN, Anokhin KV. Involvement of Adult-born and Preexisting Olfactory Bulb and Dentate Gyrus Neurons in Single-trial Olfactory Memory Acquisition and Retrieval. Neuroscience 2019; 422:75-87. [DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2019.09.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 08/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
|