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Yoshida A, Inoue M, Sato F, Morita Y, Tsutsumi Y, Furuta T, Uchino K, Akhter F, Bae YC, Tachibana Y, Inoue T. Efferent and afferent connections of supratrigeminal neurons conveying orofacial muscle proprioception in rats. Brain Struct Funct 2021. [PMID: 34611777 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-021-02391-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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The supratrigeminal nucleus (Su5) is a key structure for controlling jaw movements; it receives proprioceptive sensation from jaw-closing muscle spindles (JCMSs) and sends projections to the trigeminal motor nucleus (Mo5). However, the central projections and regulation of JCMS proprioceptive sensation are not yet fully understood. Therefore, we aimed to reveal the efferent and afferent connections of the Su5 using neuronal tract tracings. Anterograde tracer injections into the Su5 revealed that the Su5 sends contralateral projections (or bilateral projections with a contralateral predominance) to the Su5, basilar pontine nuclei, pontine reticular nucleus, deep mesencephalic nucleus, superior colliculus, caudo-ventromedial edge of the ventral posteromedial thalamic nucleus, parafascicular thalamic nucleus, zona incerta, and lateral hypothalamus, and ipsilateral projections (or bilateral projections with an ipsilateral predominance) to the intertrigeminal region, trigeminal oral subnucleus, dorsal medullary reticular formation, and hypoglossal nucleus as well as the Mo5. Retrograde tracer injections into the Su5 demonstrated that the Su5 receives bilateral projections with a contralateral predominance (or contralateral projections) from the primary and secondary somatosensory cortices, granular insular cortex, and Su5, and ipsilateral projections (or bilateral projections with an ipsilateral predominance) from the dorsal peduncular cortex, bed nuclei of stria terminalis, central amygdaloid nucleus, lateral hypothalamus, parasubthalamic nucleus, trigeminal mesencephalic nucleus, parabrachial nucleus, juxtatrigeminal region, trigeminal oral and caudal subnuclei, and dorsal medullary reticular formation. These findings suggest that the Su5, which receives JCMS proprioception, has efferent and afferent connections with multiple brain regions that are involved in emotional and autonomic functions as well as orofacial motor functions.
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Jacobson PB, Goody R, Lawrence M, Mueller BK, Zhang X, Hooker BA, Pfleeger K, Ziemann A, Locke C, Barraud Q, Droescher M, Bernhard J, Popp A, Boeser P, Huang L, Mollon J, Mordashova Y, Cui YF, Savaryn JP, Grinnell C, Dreher I, Gold M, Courtine G, Mothe A, Tator CH, Guest JD. Elezanumab, a human anti-RGMa monoclonal antibody, promotes neuroprotection, neuroplasticity, and neurorecovery following a thoracic hemicompression spinal cord injury in non-human primates. Neurobiol Dis 2021; 155:105385. [PMID: 33991647 DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2021.105385] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Revised: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a devastating condition characterized by loss of function, secondary to damaged spinal neurons, disrupted axonal connections, and myelin loss. Spontaneous recovery is limited, and there are no approved pharmaceutical treatments to reduce ongoing damage or promote repair. Repulsive guidance molecule A (RGMa) is upregulated following injury to the central nervous system (CNS), where it is believed to induce neuronal apoptosis and inhibit axonal growth and remyelination. We evaluated elezanumab, a human anti-RGMa monoclonal antibody, in a novel, newly characterized non-human primate (NHP) hemicompression model of thoracic SCI. Systemic intravenous (IV) administration of elezanumab over 6 months was well tolerated and associated with significant improvements in locomotor function. Treatment of animals for 16 weeks with a continuous intrathecal infusion of elezanumab below the lesion was not efficacious. IV elezanumab improved microstructural integrity of extralesional tissue as reflected by higher fractional anisotropy and magnetization transfer ratios in treated vs. untreated animals. IV elezanumab also reduced SCI-induced increases in soluble RGMa in cerebrospinal fluid, and membrane bound RGMa rostral and caudal to the lesion. Anterograde tracing of the corticospinal tract (CST) from the contralesional motor cortex following 20 weeks of IV elezanumab revealed a significant increase in the density of CST fibers emerging from the ipsilesional CST into the medial/ventral gray matter. There was a significant sprouting of serotonergic (5-HT) fibers rostral to the injury and in the ventral horn of lower thoracic regions. These data demonstrate that 6 months of intermittent IV administration of elezanumab, beginning within 24 h after a thoracic SCI, promotes neuroprotection and neuroplasticity of key descending pathways involved in locomotion. These findings emphasize the mechanisms leading to improved recovery of neuromotor functions with elezanumab in acute SCI in NHPs.
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- Peer B Jacobson
- Department of Translational Sciences, Imaging Research, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, United States of America.
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- Virscio, New Haven, CT, United States of America
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- Discovery Biology, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Neuroscience Research, Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Translational Sciences, Imaging Research, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, United States of America
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- Department of Translational Sciences, Imaging Research, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience Development, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience Development, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, United States of America
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- Department of Biometrics, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, United States of America
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- Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland; Defitech Center for Interventional Neurotherapies, (NeuroRestore), CHUV/UNIL/EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Discovery Biology, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Neuroscience Research, Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Discovery Biology, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Neuroscience Research, Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Preclinical Safety, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Neuroscience Research, Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Preclinical Safety, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Neuroscience Research, Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- AbbVie Biologics, AbbVie Bioresearch Center, 381 Plantation St., Worcester, MA 01605, United States of America
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- Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Neuroscience Research, Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Neuroscience Research, Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Discovery Biology, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Neuroscience Research, Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, United States of America
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- Department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, United States of America
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- Department of Bioanalytics, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Neuroscience Research, Knollstrasse, 67061 Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Department of Neuroscience Development, AbbVie Inc., 1 North Waukegan Rd., North Chicago, IL 60064, United States of America
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- Center for Neuroprosthetics and Brain Mind Institute, School of Life Sciences, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Geneva, Switzerland; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) and University of Lausanne (UNIL), Lausanne, Switzerland; Defitech Center for Interventional Neurotherapies, (NeuroRestore), CHUV/UNIL/EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Krembil Brain Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Toronto Western Hospital, and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Neurosurgery and The Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, The Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States of America
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Bay HH, Özkan M, Onat F, Çavdar S. Do the Dento-Thalamic Connections of Genetic Absence Epilepsy Rats from Strasbourg Differ from Those of Control Wistar Rats? Brain Connect 2019; 9:703-710. [PMID: 31591912 DOI: 10.1089/brain.2019.0694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The thalamo-cortical circuit is important in the genesis of absence epilepsy. This circuit can be influenced by connecting pathways from various parts of central nervous system. The aim of the present study is to define the dento-thalamic connections in Wistar animals and compare the results with genetic absence epilepsy rats from Strasbourg (GAERS) using the biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) tracer. We injected BDA into the dentate nucleus of 13 (n = 6 Wistar and n = 7 GAERS) animals. The dento-thalamic connections in the Wistar animals were denser and were connected to a wider range of thalamic nuclei compared with GAERS. The dentate nucleus was bilaterally connected to the central (central medial [CM], paracentral [PC]), ventral (ventral medial [VM], ventral lateral [VL], and ventral posterior lateral [VPL]), and posterior (Po) thalamic nuclei in Wistar animals. The majority of these connections were dense contralaterally and scarce ipsilaterally. Contralateral connections were present with the parafascicular (PF), ventral posterior medial, ventral anterior (VA), and central lateral (CL) thalamic nuclei in Wistar animals. Whereas in GAERS, bilateral connections were observed with the VL and CM. Contralateral connections were present with the PC, VM, VA, and PF thalamic nuclei in GAERS. The CL, VPL, and Po thalamic nucleus connections were not observed in GAERS. The present study showed weak/deficit dento-thalamic connections in GAERS compared with control Wistar animals. The scarce information flow from the dentate nucleus to thalamus in GAERS may have a deficient modulatory role on the thalamus and thus may affect modulation of the thalamo-cortical circuit.
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- Department of Anatomy, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmacology and Clinic Pharmacology, Marmara University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Anatomy, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
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Kim S, Nam Y, Jeong YO, Park HH, Lee SK, Shin SJ, Jung H, Kim BH, Hong SB, Park YH, Kim J, Yu J, Yoo DH, Park SH, Jeon SG, Moon M. Topographical Visualization of the Reciprocal Projection between the Medial Septum and the Hippocampus in the 5XFAD Mouse Model of Alzheimer's Disease. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E3992. [PMID: 31426329 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20163992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Revised: 08/13/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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It is widely known that the degeneration of neural circuits is prominent in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients. The reciprocal connectivity of the medial septum (MS) and hippocampus, which constitutes the septo-hippocampo-septal (SHS) loop, is known to be associated with learning and memory. Despite the importance of the reciprocal projections between the MS and hippocampus in AD, the alteration of bidirectional connectivity between two structures has not yet been investigated at the mesoscale level. In this study, we adopted AD animal model, five familial AD mutations (5XFAD) mice, and anterograde and retrograde tracers, BDA and DiI, respectively, to visualize the pathology-related changes in topographical connectivity of the SHS loop in the 5XFAD brain. By comparing 4.5-month-old and 14-month-old 5XFAD mice, we successfully identified key circuit components of the SHS loop altered in 5XFAD brains. Remarkably, the SHS loop began to degenerate in 4.5-month-old 5XFAD mice before the onset of neuronal loss. The impairment of connectivity between the MS and hippocampus was accelerated in 14-month-old 5XFAD mice. These results demonstrate, for the first time, topographical evidence for the degradation of the interconnection between the MS and hippocampus at the mesoscale level in a mouse model of AD. Our results provide structural and functional insights into the interconnectivity of the MS and hippocampus, which will inform the use and development of various therapeutic approaches that target neural circuits for the treatment of AD.
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Butler BE, de la Rua A, Ward-Able T, Lomber SG. Cortical and thalamic connectivity to the second auditory cortex of the cat is resilient to the onset of deafness. Brain Struct Funct 2017; 223:819-835. [PMID: 28940055 DOI: 10.1007/s00429-017-1523-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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It has been well established that following sensory loss, cortical areas that would normally be involved in perceiving stimuli in the absent modality are recruited to subserve the remaining senses. Despite this compensatory functional reorganization, there is little evidence to date for any substantial change in the patterns of anatomical connectivity between sensory cortices. However, while many auditory areas are contracted in the deaf, the second auditory cortex (A2) of the cat undergoes a volumetric expansion following hearing loss, suggesting this cortical area may demonstrate a region-specific pattern of structural reorganization. To address this hypothesis, and to complement existing literature on connectivity within auditory cortex, we injected a retrograde neuronal tracer across the breadth and cortical thickness of A2 to provide the first comprehensive quantification of projections from cortical and thalamic auditory and non-auditory regions to the second auditory cortex, and to determine how these patterns are affected by the onset of deafness. Neural projections arising from auditory, visual, somatomotor, and limbic cortices, as well as thalamic nuclei, were compared across normal hearing, early-deaf, and late-deaf animals. The results demonstrate that, despite previously identified changes in A2 volume, the pattern of projections into this cortical region are unaffected by the onset of hearing loss. These results fail to support the idea that crossmodal plasticity reflects changes in the pattern of projections between cortical regions and provides evidence that the pattern of connectivity that supports normal hearing is retained in the deaf brain.
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- Blake E Butler
- Cerebral Systems Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C2, Canada. .,Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C2, Canada. .,Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada. .,National Centre for Audiology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6G 1H1, Canada.
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- Cerebral Systems Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C2, Canada.,Neuroscience Undergraduate Program, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Cerebral Systems Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C2, Canada.,Neuroscience Undergraduate Program, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada
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- Cerebral Systems Laboratory, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C2, Canada.,Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C2, Canada.,Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5B7, Canada.,National Centre for Audiology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6G 1H1, Canada.,Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 5C1, Canada
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Urdiales C, Aguilera F, González-Parada E, Cano-García J, Sandoval F. Rule-Based vs. Behavior-Based Self-Deployment for Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks. Sensors (Basel) 2016; 16:s16071047. [PMID: 27399709 PMCID: PMC4970094 DOI: 10.3390/s16071047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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In mobile wireless sensor networks (MWSN), nodes are allowed to move autonomously for deployment. This process is meant: (i) to achieve good coverage; and (ii) to distribute the communication load as homogeneously as possible. Rather than optimizing deployment, reactive algorithms are based on a set of rules or behaviors, so nodes can determine when to move. This paper presents an experimental evaluation of both reactive deployment approaches: rule-based and behavior-based ones. Specifically, we compare a backbone dispersion algorithm with a social potential fields algorithm. Most tests are done under simulation for a large number of nodes in environments with and without obstacles. Results are validated using a small robot network in the real world. Our results show that behavior-based deployment tends to provide better coverage and communication balance, especially for a large number of nodes in areas with obstacles.
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- Cristina Urdiales
- Departamento de Tecnologia Electronica, ETSI Telecomunicacion, Campus de Teatinos s/n, University of Malaga, Malaga 29010, Spain.
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Electronica, ETSI Telecomunicacion, Campus de Teatinos s/n, University of Malaga, Malaga 29010, Spain.
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Electronica, ETSI Telecomunicacion, Campus de Teatinos s/n, University of Malaga, Malaga 29010, Spain.
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Electronica, ETSI Telecomunicacion, Campus de Teatinos s/n, University of Malaga, Malaga 29010, Spain.
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- Departamento de Tecnologia Electronica, ETSI Telecomunicacion, Campus de Teatinos s/n, University of Malaga, Malaga 29010, Spain.
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For over a century, axon regeneration has been considered the Holy Grail for spinal cord injury (SCI) repair. Although there are other factors that could contribute to improving function, restoring the long motor and sensory tracts that are interrupted by SCI has the greatest potential for actually reversing paralysis, restoring the brain's control of autonomic functions mediated by sympathetic and parasympathetic circuits of the spinal cord and restoring sensation. Accordingly and in keeping with the overall theme of this special issue, this review focuses narrowly on rodent SCI models for studies of axon regeneration.
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- Oswald Steward
- Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States; Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States; Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States; Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States; Department of Neurosurgery, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States.
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- Reeve-Irvine Research Center, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States; Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697, United States; University of California at San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA 92093, United States
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Butler BE, Chabot N, Kral A, Lomber SG. Origins of thalamic and cortical projections to the posterior auditory field in congenitally deaf cats. Hear Res 2016; 343:118-127. [PMID: 27306930 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Revised: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/06/2016] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Crossmodal plasticity takes place following sensory loss, such that areas that normally process the missing modality are reorganized to provide compensatory function in the remaining sensory systems. For example, congenitally deaf cats outperform normal hearing animals on localization of visual stimuli presented in the periphery, and this advantage has been shown to be mediated by the posterior auditory field (PAF). In order to determine the nature of the anatomical differences that underlie this phenomenon, we injected a retrograde tracer into PAF of congenitally deaf animals and quantified the thalamic and cortical projections to this field. The pattern of projections from areas throughout the brain was determined to be qualitatively similar to that previously demonstrated in normal hearing animals, but with twice as many projections arising from non-auditory cortical areas. In addition, small ectopic projections were observed from a number of fields in visual cortex, including areas 19, 20a, 20b, and 21b, and area 7 of parietal cortex. These areas did not show projections to PAF in cats deafened ototoxically near the onset of hearing, and provide a possible mechanism for crossmodal reorganization of PAF. These, along with the possible contributions of other mechanisms, are considered.
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- Blake E Butler
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, Canada; Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, Canada; Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Experimental Otology, Medical University Hannover, Germany; AudioNeuroTechnology, Medical University Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Western Ontario, Canada; Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, Canada; Brain and Mind Institute, University of Western Ontario, Canada; National Centre for Audiology, University of Western Ontario, Canada
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Stehberg J, Dang PT, Frostig RD. Unimodal primary sensory cortices are directly connected by long-range horizontal projections in the rat sensory cortex. Front Neuroanat 2014; 8:93. [PMID: 25309339 PMCID: PMC4174042 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2014] [Accepted: 08/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Research based on functional imaging and neuronal recordings in the barrel cortex subdivision of primary somatosensory cortex (SI) of the adult rat has revealed novel aspects of structure-function relationships in this cortex. Specifically, it has demonstrated that single whisker stimulation evokes subthreshold neuronal activity that spreads symmetrically within gray matter from the appropriate barrel area, crosses cytoarchitectural borders of SI and reaches deeply into other unimodal primary cortices such as primary auditory (AI) and primary visual (VI). It was further demonstrated that this spread is supported by a spatially matching underlying diffuse network of border-crossing, long-range projections that could also reach deeply into AI and VI. Here we seek to determine whether such a network of border-crossing, long-range projections is unique to barrel cortex or characterizes also other primary, unimodal sensory cortices and therefore could directly connect them. Using anterograde (BDA) and retrograde (CTb) tract-tracing techniques, we demonstrate that such diffuse horizontal networks directly and mutually connect VI, AI and SI. These findings suggest that diffuse, border-crossing axonal projections connecting directly primary cortices are an important organizational motif common to all major primary sensory cortices in the rat. Potential implications of these findings for topics including cortical structure-function relationships, multisensory integration, functional imaging, and cortical parcellation are discussed.
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- Jimmy Stehberg
- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA, USA ; Laboratorio de Neurobiología, Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Andres Bello Santiago, Chile
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA, USA ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA, USA ; The Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA, USA
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Papp RS, Palkovits M. Brainstem projections of neurons located in various subdivisions of the dorsolateral hypothalamic area-an anterograde tract-tracing study. Front Neuroanat 2014; 8:34. [PMID: 24904303 PMCID: PMC4032949 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 04/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The projections from the dorsolateral hypothalamic area (DLH) to the lower brainstem have been investigated by using biotinylated dextran amine (BDA), an anterograde tracer in rats. The DLH can be divided into 3 areas (dorsomedial hypothalamus, perifornical area, lateral hypothalamic area), and further subdivided into 8 subdivisions. After unilateral stereotaxic injections of BDA into individual DLH subdivisions, the correct sites of injections were controlled histologically, and the distribution patterns of BDA-positive fibers were mapped on serial sections between the hypothalamus and spinal cord in 22 rats. BDA-labeled fibers were observable over 100 different brainstem areas, nuclei, or subdivisions. Injections into the 8 DLH subdivisions established distinct topographical patterns. In general, the density of labeled fibers was low in the lower brainstem. High density of fibers was seen only 4 of the 116 areas: in the lateral and ventrolateral parts of the periaqueductal gray, the Barrington's, and the pedunculopontine tegmental nuclei. All of the biogenic amine cell groups in the lower brainstem (9 noradrenaline, 3 adrenaline, and 9 serotonin cell groups) received labeled fibers, some of them from all, or at least 7 DLH subdivisions, mainly from perifornical and ventral lateral hypothalamic neurons. Some of the tegmental nuclei and nuclei of the reticular formation were widely innervated, although the density of the BDA-labeled fibers was generally low. No definitive descending BDA-positive pathway, but long-run solitaire BDA-labeled fibers were seen in the lower brainstem. These descending fibers joined some of the large tracts or fasciculi in the brainstem. The distribution pattern of BDA-positive fibers of DLH origin throughout the lower brainstem was comparable to patterns of previously published orexin- or melanin-concentrating hormone-immunoreactive fibers with somewhat differences.
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- Rege S Papp
- Neuromorphological and Neuroendocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest, Hungary ; Human Brain Tissue Bank and Laboratory, Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary
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- Neuromorphological and Neuroendocrine Research Laboratory, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest, Hungary ; Human Brain Tissue Bank and Laboratory, Semmelweis University Budapest, Hungary
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Tsukano H, Horie M, Honma Y, Ohga S, Hishida R, Takebayashi H, Takahashi S, Shibuki K. Age-related deterioration of cortical responses to slow FM sounds in the auditory belt region of adult C57BL/6 mice. Neurosci Lett 2013; 556:204-9. [PMID: 24161895 DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2013.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2013] [Revised: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 10/07/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
Abstract
To compare age-related deterioration of neural responses in each subfield of the auditory cortex in C57BL/6 mice, we evaluated amplitudes of tonal responses in young (5-11 weeks old) and adult (16-23 weeks old) groups using transcranial flavoprotein fluorescence imaging. Cortical responses to 20-kHz amplitude-modulated (AM) sounds, which were mainly found in the anterior auditory field (AAF) and the primary auditory cortex (AI) of the core region, were not markedly different between the two groups. In contrast, cortical responses to direction reversal of slow frequency-modulated (FM) sounds, which were mainly found in the ultrasonic field (UF), were significantly disrupted in the adult group compared with those in the young group. To investigate the mechanisms underlying such age-related deterioration, biotinylated dextran amine (BDA) was injected into UF. The number of retrograde labeled neurons in the dorsal division of the medial geniculate body (MGd) was markedly reduced in the adult group compared with that in the young group. These results strongly suggest that cortical responses to FM direction reversal in UF of adult C57BL/6 mice are mainly deteriorated by loss of non-lemniscal thalamic inputs from MGd to UF due to aging.
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- Hiroaki Tsukano
- Department of Neurophysiology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, 1-757 Asahi-machi, Chuo-ku, Niigata 951-8585, Japan.
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Harel NY, Yigitkanli K, Fu Y, Cafferty WBJ, Strittmatter SM. Multimodal exercises simultaneously stimulating cortical and brainstem pathways after unilateral corticospinal lesion. Brain Res 2013; 1538:17-25. [PMID: 24055330 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2013.07.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2013] [Revised: 07/05/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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In the context of injury to the corticospinal tract (CST), brainstem-origin circuits may provide an alternative system of descending motor influence. However, subcortical circuits are largely under subconscious control. To improve volitional control over spared fibers after CST injury, we hypothesized that a combination of physical exercises simultaneously stimulating cortical and brainstem pathways above the injury would strengthen corticobulbar connections through Hebbian-like mechanisms. We sought to test this hypothesis in mice with unilateral CST lesions. Ten days after pyramidotomy, mice were randomized to four training groups: (1) postural exercises designed to stimulate brainstem pathways (BS); (2) distal limb-grip exercises preferentially stimulating CST pathways (CST); (3) simultaneous multimodal exercises (BS+CST); or (4) no training (NT). Behavioral and anatomical outcomes were assessed after 20 training sessions over 4 weeks. Mice in the BS+CST training group showed a trend toward greater improvements in skilled limb performance than mice in the other groups. There were no consistent differences between training groups in gait kinematics. Anatomically, multimodal BS+CST training neither increased corticobulbar fiber density of the lesioned CST rostral to the lesion nor collateral sprouting of the unlesioned CST caudal to the lesion. Further studies should incorporate electrophysiological assessment to gauge changes in synaptic strength of direct and indirect pathways between the cortex and spinal cord in response to multimodal exercises.
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- Noam Y Harel
- Department of Neurology, and Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair, Yale University School of Medicine, P.O. Box 208018, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
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Kosaka K, Kosaka T. Secretagogin-containing neurons in the mouse main olfactory bulb. Neurosci Res 2013; 77:16-32. [PMID: 24008127 DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2013.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2013] [Revised: 08/09/2013] [Accepted: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Secretagogin (SCGN) is a recently discovered calcium binding protein of the EF hand family. We studied the structural features of SCGN-positive neurons in the mouse main olfactory bulb (MOB). SCGN-positive neurons were localized throughout layers but clustered in the glomerular layer (GL), mitral cell layer (MCL) and granule cell layer (GCL). They were heterogeneous, including numerous juxtaglomerular neurons, granule cells, small to medium-sized neurons in the external plexiform layer (EPL), and a few small cells in the ependymal/subependymal layer. Calretinin and/or tyrosine hydroxylase occasionally colocalized in SCGN-positive juxtaglomerular neurons. Calretinin also frequently colocalized in SCGN-positive EPL and GCL neurons. Morphologically some of juxtaglomerular SCGN-positive neurons were classical periglomerular cells, whereas others were apparently different from those periglomerular cells, although they were further heterogeneous. Some extended one slender process into a glomerulus which passed the glomerulus and further penetrated into another nearby glomeruli, and thus their dendritic processes spanned two or three or more glomeruli. We named this type of juxtaglomerular neurons "transglomerular cells." With the stereological analysis we estimated total number of juxtaglomerular SCGN-positive neurons at about 80,000/single MOB. The present study revealed the diversity of SCGN-positive neurons in the mouse MOB and their particular structural properties hitherto unknown.
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- Katsuko Kosaka
- Department of Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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