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The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Promotes Long-Term Auditory Cortical Responses through an Indirect Pathway via the Rhinal Cortex in Mice
Sensory cortical areas are robustly modulated by higher-order cortices. Our previous study shows that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) can immediately and transiently enhance responses in the mouse auditory cortex (ACx). Here, we further examined whether strong activation of ACC neurons can induc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10255050/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37160368 http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2252-22.2023 |
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author | Liang, Ye Li, Jing Tian, Yu Tang, Peng Liu, Chunhua Chen, Xi |
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description | Sensory cortical areas are robustly modulated by higher-order cortices. Our previous study shows that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) can immediately and transiently enhance responses in the mouse auditory cortex (ACx). Here, we further examined whether strong activation of ACC neurons can induce long-term effects in mice of both sexes. To our surprise, only stimulation of cell bodies in the ACC, but not ACC-to-ACx terminal activation, induced long-term enhancement of auditory responses in the ACx. Anatomical examination showed that the ACC indirectly projects to the ACx via the rhinal cortex (RCx). High-frequency stimulation of ACC-projecting terminals to the RCx or RCx-projecting terminals to the ACx induced a similar effect as the cell body activation of ACC neurons, whereas silencing the RCx blocked this long-term enhancement. High-frequency stimulation of ACC projections to the RCx also induced long-term augmentation of sound-evoked flight behavior in male mice. These results show that the ACC promotes the long-term enhancement of auditory responses in the ACx through an indirect pathway via the RCx. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT In this study, we demonstrate that the anterior part of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) evokes long-term enhancement of auditory responses in the auditory cortex (ACx) when it is strongly activated. Importantly, instead of a direct projection, we show that the ACC implements this effect via an indirect pathway through the lateral rhinal cortex using a series of physiological, optogenetic, anatomic, and behavioral experiments. Along with a short-term effect, this long-term enhancement induced by an indirect ACC-to-ACx projection could increase the odds of survival when animals are faced with threats after a significant event. |
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spelling | pubmed-102550502023-06-10 The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Promotes Long-Term Auditory Cortical Responses through an Indirect Pathway via the Rhinal Cortex in Mice Liang, Ye Li, Jing Tian, Yu Tang, Peng Liu, Chunhua Chen, Xi J Neurosci Research Articles Sensory cortical areas are robustly modulated by higher-order cortices. Our previous study shows that the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) can immediately and transiently enhance responses in the mouse auditory cortex (ACx). Here, we further examined whether strong activation of ACC neurons can induce long-term effects in mice of both sexes. To our surprise, only stimulation of cell bodies in the ACC, but not ACC-to-ACx terminal activation, induced long-term enhancement of auditory responses in the ACx. Anatomical examination showed that the ACC indirectly projects to the ACx via the rhinal cortex (RCx). High-frequency stimulation of ACC-projecting terminals to the RCx or RCx-projecting terminals to the ACx induced a similar effect as the cell body activation of ACC neurons, whereas silencing the RCx blocked this long-term enhancement. High-frequency stimulation of ACC projections to the RCx also induced long-term augmentation of sound-evoked flight behavior in male mice. These results show that the ACC promotes the long-term enhancement of auditory responses in the ACx through an indirect pathway via the RCx. SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT In this study, we demonstrate that the anterior part of the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) evokes long-term enhancement of auditory responses in the auditory cortex (ACx) when it is strongly activated. Importantly, instead of a direct projection, we show that the ACC implements this effect via an indirect pathway through the lateral rhinal cortex using a series of physiological, optogenetic, anatomic, and behavioral experiments. Along with a short-term effect, this long-term enhancement induced by an indirect ACC-to-ACx projection could increase the odds of survival when animals are faced with threats after a significant event. Society for Neuroscience 2023-06-07 /pmc/articles/PMC10255050/ /pubmed/37160368 http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2252-22.2023 Text en Copyright © 2023 Liang, Li et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Liang, Ye Li, Jing Tian, Yu Tang, Peng Liu, Chunhua Chen, Xi The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Promotes Long-Term Auditory Cortical Responses through an Indirect Pathway via the Rhinal Cortex in Mice |
title | The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Promotes Long-Term Auditory Cortical Responses through an Indirect Pathway via the Rhinal Cortex in Mice |
title_full | The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Promotes Long-Term Auditory Cortical Responses through an Indirect Pathway via the Rhinal Cortex in Mice |
title_fullStr | The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Promotes Long-Term Auditory Cortical Responses through an Indirect Pathway via the Rhinal Cortex in Mice |
title_full_unstemmed | The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Promotes Long-Term Auditory Cortical Responses through an Indirect Pathway via the Rhinal Cortex in Mice |
title_short | The Anterior Cingulate Cortex Promotes Long-Term Auditory Cortical Responses through an Indirect Pathway via the Rhinal Cortex in Mice |
title_sort | anterior cingulate cortex promotes long-term auditory cortical responses through an indirect pathway via the rhinal cortex in mice |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10255050/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37160368 http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2252-22.2023 |
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