Zhang, Xian, Guan, Wuqiang, Yang, Tao, Furlan, Alessandro, Xiao, Xiong, Yu, Kai, An, Xu, Galbavy, William, Ramakrishnan, Charu, Deisseroth, Karl, Ritola, Kimberly, Hantman, Adam, He, Miao, Josh Huang, Z, Li, Bo (October 2021) Genetically identified amygdala-striatal circuits for valence-specific behaviors. Nature Neuroscience, 24. pp. 1586-1600. ISSN 1097-6256
Abstract
The basolateral amygdala (BLA) plays essential roles in behaviors motivated by stimuli with either positive or negative valence, but how it processes motivationally opposing information and participates in establishing valence-specific behaviors remains unclear. Here, by targeting Fezf2-expressing neurons in the BLA, we identify and characterize two functionally distinct classes in behaving mice, the negative-valence neurons and positive-valence neurons, which innately represent aversive and rewarding stimuli, respectively, and through learning acquire predictive responses that are essential for punishment avoidance or reward seeking. Notably, these two classes of neurons receive inputs from separate sets of sensory and limbic areas, and convey punishment and reward information through projections to the nucleus accumbens and olfactory tubercle, respectively, to drive negative and positive reinforcement. Thus, valence-specific BLA neurons are wired with distinctive input-output structures, forming a circuit framework that supports the roles of the BLA in encoding, learning and executing valence-specific motivated behaviors.
| Item Type: | Paper |
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| Subjects: | organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions > amygdala organism description > animal organism description > animal behavior organism description > animal behavior > learning organism description > animal > mammal organism description > animal > mammal > rodent > mouse neurobiology > neuroscience organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions organism description > animal > mammal > rodent organs, tissues, organelles, cell types and functions > tissues types and functions |
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| Communities: | CSHL labs > Huang lab CSHL labs > Li lab CSHL Cancer Center Program CSHL Cancer Center Program > Gene Regulation and Inheritance Program |
| SWORD Depositor: | CSHL Elements |
| Depositing User: | CSHL Elements |
| Date: | 18 October 2021 |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Oct 2021 13:42 |
| Last Modified: | 13 Feb 2024 19:43 |
| PMCID: | PMC8556347 |
| URI: | https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/40397 |
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