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Optogenetic dissection of medial prefrontal cortex circuitry
The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is critically involved in numerous cognitive functions, including attention, inhibitory control, habit formation, working memory and long-term memory. Moreover, through its dense interconnectivity with subcortical regions (e.g., thalamus, striatum, amygdala and hi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260491/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538574 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00230 |
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author | Riga, Danai Matos, Mariana R. Glas, Annet Smit, August B. Spijker, Sabine Van den Oever, Michel C. |
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description | The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is critically involved in numerous cognitive functions, including attention, inhibitory control, habit formation, working memory and long-term memory. Moreover, through its dense interconnectivity with subcortical regions (e.g., thalamus, striatum, amygdala and hippocampus), the mPFC is thought to exert top-down executive control over the processing of aversive and appetitive stimuli. Because the mPFC has been implicated in the processing of a wide range of cognitive and emotional stimuli, it is thought to function as a central hub in the brain circuitry mediating symptoms of psychiatric disorders. New optogenetics technology enables anatomical and functional dissection of mPFC circuitry with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. This provides important novel insights in the contribution of specific neuronal subpopulations and their connectivity to mPFC function in health and disease states. In this review, we present the current knowledge obtained with optogenetic methods concerning mPFC function and dysfunction and integrate this with findings from traditional intervention approaches used to investigate the mPFC circuitry in animal models of cognitive processing and psychiatric disorders. |
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spelling | pubmed-42604912014-12-23 Optogenetic dissection of medial prefrontal cortex circuitry Riga, Danai Matos, Mariana R. Glas, Annet Smit, August B. Spijker, Sabine Van den Oever, Michel C. Front Syst Neurosci Neuroscience The medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) is critically involved in numerous cognitive functions, including attention, inhibitory control, habit formation, working memory and long-term memory. Moreover, through its dense interconnectivity with subcortical regions (e.g., thalamus, striatum, amygdala and hippocampus), the mPFC is thought to exert top-down executive control over the processing of aversive and appetitive stimuli. Because the mPFC has been implicated in the processing of a wide range of cognitive and emotional stimuli, it is thought to function as a central hub in the brain circuitry mediating symptoms of psychiatric disorders. New optogenetics technology enables anatomical and functional dissection of mPFC circuitry with unprecedented spatial and temporal resolution. This provides important novel insights in the contribution of specific neuronal subpopulations and their connectivity to mPFC function in health and disease states. In this review, we present the current knowledge obtained with optogenetic methods concerning mPFC function and dysfunction and integrate this with findings from traditional intervention approaches used to investigate the mPFC circuitry in animal models of cognitive processing and psychiatric disorders. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4260491/ /pubmed/25538574 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00230 Text en Copyright © 2014 Riga, Matos, Glas, Smit, Spijker and Van den Oever. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution and reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Neuroscience Riga, Danai Matos, Mariana R. Glas, Annet Smit, August B. Spijker, Sabine Van den Oever, Michel C. Optogenetic dissection of medial prefrontal cortex circuitry |
title | Optogenetic dissection of medial prefrontal cortex circuitry |
title_full | Optogenetic dissection of medial prefrontal cortex circuitry |
title_fullStr | Optogenetic dissection of medial prefrontal cortex circuitry |
title_full_unstemmed | Optogenetic dissection of medial prefrontal cortex circuitry |
title_short | Optogenetic dissection of medial prefrontal cortex circuitry |
title_sort | optogenetic dissection of medial prefrontal cortex circuitry |
topic | Neuroscience |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260491/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25538574 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnsys.2014.00230 |
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