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Karimi M, Farahani S, Nasirinezhad F, Jalaei S, Mokrian H, Shahbazi A. Does insular cortex lesion cause tinnitus in rats? IRANIAN JOURNAL OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES 2022; 25:1177-1182. [PMID: 36311202 PMCID: PMC9588320 DOI: 10.22038/ijbms.2022.63698.14083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Objectives Tinnitus is defined as ringing of the ears that is experienced when there is no external sound source, and is an auditory phantom sensation. The insula as a multimodal cortex has been shown to be involved in the processing of auditory stimuli rather than other sensory and motor processing and reported to correlate with some aspects of tinnitus. However, its exact role is not clear. The present study aimed to investigate the effect of excitotoxic lesions limited to the insular cortex on the ability to detect a gap in background noise. Materials and Methods Gap detection test and prepulse inhibition, two objective measurements of auditory startle response, were measured, in 33 male Wistar rats, before and up to four weeks after insular lesion in three experimental groups (sham, control, and lesion). Results The ability to detect the gap interposed between 60 db background noise was impaired at weeks 2, 3, and 4 following insular lesion, while prepulse inhibition remained intact up to four weeks after surgery. Conclusion These findings indicated that excitotoxic lesions of the insular cortex may produce a tinnitus-like phenomenon in rats while sparing the hearing sensitivity; suggesting that the insular cortex may have a role in the development of tinnitus.
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- Minoo Karimi
- Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Physiology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,Corresponding author: Ali Shahbazi. Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Shahid Hemat Highway next to Milad Tower 1449614535, Tehran, Iran. Tel: +98-21-86704833;
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Better living through understanding the insula: Why subregions can make all the difference. Neuropharmacology 2021; 198:108765. [PMID: 34461066 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Insula function is considered critical for many motivated behaviors, with proposed functions ranging from attention, behavioral control, emotional regulation, goal-directed and aversion-resistant responding. Further, the insula is implicated in many neuropsychiatric conditions including substance abuse. More recently, multiple insula subregions have been distinguished based on anatomy, connectivity, and functional contributions. Generally, posterior insula is thought to encode more somatosensory inputs, which integrate with limbic/emotional information in middle insula, that in turn integrate with cognitive processes in anterior insula. Together, these regions provide rapid interoceptive information about the current or predicted situation, facilitating autonomic recruitment and quick, flexible action. Here, we seek to create a robust foundation from which to understand potential subregion differences, and provide direction for future studies. We address subregion differences across humans and rodents, so that the latter's mechanistic interventions can best mesh with clinical relevance of human conditions. We first consider the insula's suggested roles in humans, then compare subregional studies, and finally describe rodent work. One primary goal is to encourage precision in describing insula subregions, since imprecision (e.g. including both posterior and anterior studies when describing insula work) does a disservice to a larger understanding of insula contributions. Additionally, we note that specific task details can greatly impact recruitment of various subregions, requiring care and nuance in design and interpretation of studies. Nonetheless, the central ethological importance of the insula makes continued research to uncover mechanistic, mood, and behavioral contributions of paramount importance and interest. This article is part of the special Issue on 'Neurocircuitry Modulating Drug and Alcohol Abuse'.
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Stern SA, Azevedo EP, Pomeranz LE, Doerig KR, Ivan VJ, Friedman JM. Top-down control of conditioned overconsumption is mediated by insular cortex Nos1 neurons. Cell Metab 2021; 33:1418-1432.e6. [PMID: 33761312 PMCID: PMC8628615 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2020] [Revised: 12/29/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Associative learning allows animals to adapt their behavior in response to environmental cues. For example, sensory cues associated with food availability can trigger overconsumption even in sated animals. However, the neural mechanisms mediating cue-driven non-homeostatic feeding are poorly understood. To study this, we recently developed a behavioral task in which contextual cues increase feeding even in sated mice. Here, we show that an insular cortex to central amygdala circuit is necessary for conditioned overconsumption, but not for homeostatic feeding. This projection is marked by a population of glutamatergic nitric oxide synthase-1 (Nos1)-expressing neurons, which are specifically active during feeding bouts. Finally, we show that activation of insular cortex Nos1 neurons suppresses satiety signals in the central amygdala. The data, thus, indicate that the insular cortex provides top-down control of homeostatic circuits to promote overconsumption in response to learned cues.
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- Sarah A Stern
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10065, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, New York, NY 10065, USA.
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Bales MB, Spector AC. Chemospecific deficits in taste sensitivity following bilateral or right hemispheric gustatory cortex lesions in rats. J Comp Neurol 2020; 528:2729-2747. [PMID: 32671857 PMCID: PMC8008699 DOI: 10.1002/cne.24928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2019] [Revised: 04/14/2020] [Accepted: 04/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Our prior studies showed bilateral gustatory cortex (GC) lesions significantly impair taste sensitivity to salts (NaCl and KCl) and quinine ("bitter") but not to sucrose ("sweet"). The range of qualitative tastants tested here has been extended in a theoretically relevant way to include the maltodextrin, Maltrin, a preferred stimulus by rats thought to represent a unique taste quality, and the "sour" stimulus citric acid; NaCl was also included as a positive control. Male rats (Sprague-Dawley) with histologically confirmed neurotoxin-induced bilateral (BGCX, n = 13), or right (RGCX, n = 13) or left (LGCX, n = 9) unilateral GC lesions and sham-operated controls (SHAM, n = 16) were trained to discriminate a tastant from water in an operant two-response detection task. A mapping system was used to determine placement, size, and symmetry (when bilateral) of the lesion. BGCX significantly impaired taste sensitivity to NaCl, as expected, but not to Maltrin or citric acid, emulating our prior results with sucrose. However, in the case of citric acid, there was some disruption in performance at higher concentrations. Interestingly, RGCX, but not LGCX, also significantly impaired taste sensitivity, but only to NaCl, suggesting some degree of lateralized function. Taken together with our prior findings, extensive bilateral lesions in GC do not disrupt basic taste signal detection to all taste stimuli uniformly. Moreover, GC lesions do not preclude the ability of rats to learn and perform the task, clearly demonstrating that, in its absence, other brain regions are able to maintain sensory-discriminative taste processing, albeit with attenuated sensitivity for select stimuli.
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- Michelle B Bales
- Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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McQueen KA, Fredericksen KE, Samuelsen CL. Experience Informs Consummatory Choices for Congruent and Incongruent Odor-Taste Mixtures in Rats. Chem Senses 2020; 45:371-382. [PMID: 32239150 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjaa025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Experience is an essential factor informing food choice. Eating food generates enduring odor-taste associations that link an odor with a taste's quality and hedonic value (pleasantness/unpleasantness) and creates the perception of a congruent odor-taste combination. Previous human psychophysical experiments demonstrate that experience with odor-taste mixtures shapes perceptual judgments related to the intensity, familiarity, and pleasantness of chemosensory stimuli. However, how these perceptual judgments inform consummatory choice is less clear. Using rats as a model system and a 2-bottle brief-access task, we investigated how experience with palatable and unpalatable odor-taste mixtures influences consummatory choice related to odor-taste congruence and stimulus familiarity. We found that the association between an odor and a taste, not the odor's identity or its congruence with a taste, informs consummatory choice for odor-taste mixtures. Furthermore, we showed that the association between an odor and a taste, not odor neophobia, informs consummatory choice for odors dissolved in water. Our results provide further evidence that the association between an odor and a taste, after odor-taste mixture experience, is a fundamental feature guiding consummatory choice.
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- Kelsey A McQueen
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA
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Karimi M, Nasirinezhad F, Shahbazi A, Jalaei S, Mokrian H, Farahani S. The effect of insular cortex lesion on hyperacusis-like behavior in rats. Int J Neurosci 2020; 130:1071-1081. [PMID: 32003272 DOI: 10.1080/00207454.2020.1716751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Background and objectives: Hyperacusis is hypersensitivity and extreme response to the intensity of sound that is tolerable in normal subjects. The mechanisms underlying hyperacusis has not been well understood, specially the role of insular cortex. The aim of this study is to investigate the role of insular cortex in hyperacusis like behavior. Material and methods: The number of 33 male wistar rats weighting 170-250 gr were allocated randomly in three groups; control, sham, and insular lesion. Auditory startle responses (ASR) to different intensities of stimuli (70, 80, 90, 100, and110 dB without background noise as well as 110 dB in the presence of 70, 80 dB background noise) were measured before and up to four weeks after intervention. Results: Data analyses showed an increase in ASR to 100 dB stimulus without background noise one week after insular lesion, and increased responses to other intensities two weeks after lesion. Furthermore, there was a decrease in ASR to 110 dB stimulus with 80 dB background noise two weeks after insular lesion. However, no significant difference was observed in 70 dB background noise. The changes in ASR lasts at least four weeks.Conclusion: The findings indicated that there was an increase in ASR in the absence of background noise following cortical excititoxic lesion limited to insular cortex, while there was a decrease in responses in the presence of background noise which suggests possible increased sensitivity to sound loudness as a hyperacusis-like phenomenon. The study showed a significant relationship between insular cortex lesion and ASR in rats.
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- Minoo Karimi
- Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Physiology Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Research Center, Iran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran.,Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran Iran
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- Department of Physiotherapy, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Audiology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Staszko SM, Boughter JD, Fletcher ML. Taste coding strategies in insular cortex. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2020; 245:448-455. [PMID: 32106700 DOI: 10.1177/1535370220909096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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While the cortical representation of sensory stimuli is well described for some sensory systems, a clear understanding of the cortical representation of taste stimuli remains elusive. Recent investigations have focused on both spatial and temporal organization of taste responses in the putative taste region of insular cortex. This review highlights recent literature focused on spatiotemporal coding strategies in insular cortex. These studies are examined in the context of the organization and function of the entire insular cortex, rather than a specific gustatory region of insular cortex. In regard to a taste quality-specific map, imaging studies have reported conflicting results, whereas electrophysiology studies have described a broad distribution of taste-responsive neurons found throughout insular cortex with no spatial organization. The current collection of evidence suggests that insular cortex may be organized into a hedonic or “viscerotopic” map, rather than one ordered according to taste quality. Further, it has been proposed that cortical taste responses can be separated into temporal “epochs” representing stimulus identity and palatability. This coding strategy presents a potential framework, whereby the coordinated activity of a population of neurons allows for the same neurons to respond to multiple taste stimuli or even other sensory modalities, a well-documented phenomenon in insular cortex neurons. However, these representations may not be static, as several studies have demonstrated that both spatial representation and temporal dynamics of taste coding change with experience. Collectively, these studies suggest that cortical taste representation is not organized in a spatially discrete map, but rather is plastic and spatially dispersed, using temporal information to encode multiple types of information about ingested stimuli. Impact statement The organization of taste coding in insular cortex is widely debated. While early work has focused on whether taste quality is encoded via labeled line or ensemble mechanisms, recent work has attempted to delineate the spatial organization and temporal components of taste processing in insular cortex. Recent imaging and electrophysiology studies have reported conflicting results in regard to the spatial organization of cortical taste responses, and many studies ignore potentially important temporal dynamics when investigating taste processing. This review highlights the latest research in these areas and examines them in the context of the anatomy and physiology of the insular cortex in general to provide a more comprehensive description of taste coding in insular cortex.
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- Stephanie M Staszko
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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Anticipatory feelings: Neural correlates and linguistic markers. Neurosci Biobehav Rev 2020; 113:308-324. [PMID: 32061891 DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2020.02.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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This review introduces anticipatory feelings (AF) as a new construct related to the process of anticipation and prediction of future events. AF, defined as the state of awareness of physiological and neurocognitive changes that occur within an oganism in the form of a process of adapting to future events, are an important component of anticipation and expectancy. They encompass bodily-related interoceptive and affective components and are influenced by intrapersonal and dispositional factors, such as optimism, hope, pessimism, or worry. In the present review, we consider evidence from animal and human research, including neuroimaging studies, to characterize the brain structures and brain networks involved in AF. The majority of studies reviewed revealed three brain regions involved in future oriented feelings: 1) the insula; 2) the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC); and 3) the amygdala. Moreover, these brain regions were confirmed by a meta-analysis, using a platform for large-scale, automated synthesis of fMRI data. Finally, by adopting a neurolinguistic and a big data approach, we illustrate how AF are expressed in language.
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Fry BR, Russell N, Gifford R, Robles CF, Manning CE, Sawa A, Niwa M, Johnson AW. Assessing Reality Testing in Mice Through Dopamine-Dependent Associatively Evoked Processing of Absent Gustatory Stimuli. Schizophr Bull 2020; 46:54-67. [PMID: 31150554 PMCID: PMC6942166 DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbz043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Impairments in reality testing are core features of numerous neuropsychiatric conditions. However, relatively few animal models have been developed to assess this critical facet of neuropsychiatric illness, thus impeding our understanding of the underlying central systems and circuits. Using mice in which dominant-negative Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia-1 is expressed throughout central nervous system circuitry (DN-DISC1-PrP), the capacity for an auditory conditioned stimulus (CS) to evoke perceptual processing of an absent sucrose solution was examined. At test, during CS presentations, DN-DISC1-PrP mice consumed more water and displayed a licking profile that is more typically revealed while ingesting a sweet-tasting solution. DN-DISC1-PrP mice also displayed greater c-fos expression in the insular (gustatory) cortex when consuming water in the presence of the CS. This capacity for the CS to more readily substitute for the taste features of the absent sucrose solution in DN-DISC1-PrP mice was attenuated following systemic treatment with the antipsychotic haloperidol. Conversely, social isolation during adolescence promoted the manifestation of these effects. These results provide strong validation for using associative learning procedures to examine dopamine-mediated reality testing associated with insular cortex activation.
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- Benjamin R Fry
- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI,Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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- Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD,Department of Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, and Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD,Present address: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
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- Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI,Neuroscience Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI,To whom correspondence should be addressed; tel: +1-517-432-8446; fax: +1-517-432-4744, e-mail:
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Osorio-Gómez D, Bermúdez-Rattoni F, Guzmán-Ramos K. Artificial taste avoidance memory induced by coactivation of NMDA and β-adrenergic receptors in the amygdala. Behav Brain Res 2019; 376:112193. [PMID: 31473281 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2019.112193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The association between a taste and gastric malaise allows animals to avoid the ingestion of potentially toxic food. This association has been termed conditioned taste aversion (CTA) and relies on the activity of key brain structures such as the amygdala and the insular cortex. The establishment of this gustatory-avoidance memory is related to glutamatergic and noradrenergic activity within the amygdala during two crucial events: gastric malaise (unconditioned stimulus, US) and the post-acquisition spontaneous activity related to the association of both stimuli. To understand the functional implications of these neurochemical changes on avoidance memory formation, we assessed the effects of pharmacological stimulation of β-adrenergic and glutamatergic NMDA receptors through the administration of a mixture of L-homocysteic acid and isoproterenol into the amygdala after saccharin exposure on specific times to emulate the US and post-acquisition local signals that would be occurring naturally under CTA training. Our results show that activation of NMDA and β-adrenergic receptors generated a long-term avoidance response to saccharin, like a naturally induced rejection with LiCl. Moreover, the behavioral outcome was accompanied by changes in glutamate, norepinephrine and dopamine levels within the insular cortex, analogous to those displayed during memory retrieval of taste aversion memory. Therefore, we suggest that taste avoidance memory can be induced artificially through the emulation of specific amygdalar neurochemical signals, promoting changes in the amygdala-insular cortex circuit enabling memory establishment.
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- Daniel Osorio-Gómez
- División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, División de Ciencias Biológicas y de la Salud Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Unidad Lerma Av. de las Garzas No. 10, Col. El Panteón, Lerma de Villada, Estado de México, C.P. 52005, Mexico.
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Ibrahim C, Le Foll B, French L. Transcriptomic Characterization of the Human Insular Cortex and Claustrum. Front Neuroanat 2019; 13:94. [PMID: 31827426 PMCID: PMC6890825 DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2019.00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The insular cortex has been linked to a multitude of functions. In contrast, the nearby claustrum is a densely connected subcortical region with unclear function. To view the insula-claustrum region from the molecular perspective we analyzed the transcriptomic profile of these areas in six adult and four fetal human brains. We identified marker genes with specific expression and performed transcriptome-wide tests for enrichment of biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components. In addition, specific insular and claustral expression of genes pertaining to diseases, addiction, and depression was tested. At the anatomical level, we used brain-wide analyses to determine the specificity of our results and to determine the transcriptomic similarity of the insula-claustrum region. We found UCMA to be the most significantly enriched gene in the insular cortex and confirmed specific expression of NR4A2, NTNG2, and LXN in the claustrum. Furthermore, the insula was found to have enriched expression of genes associated with mood disorders, learning, cardiac muscle contraction, oxygen transport, glutamate and dopamine signaling. Specific expression in the claustrum was enriched for genes pertaining to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), severe intellectual disability, epileptic encephalopathy, intracellular transport, spine development, and macroautophagy. We tested for enrichment of genes related to addiction and depression, but they were generally not highly specific to the insula-claustrum region. Exceptions include high insular expression of genes linked to cocaine abuse and genes associated with ever smoking in the claustrum. Brain-wide, we find that markers of the adult claustrum are most specifically expressed in the fetal and adult insula. Altogether, our results provide a novel molecular perspective on the unique properties of the insula and claustrum.
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- Christine Ibrahim
- Translational Addiction Research Laboratory, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Translational Addiction Research Laboratory, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Addictions Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Division of Brain and Therapeutics, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Division of Brain and Therapeutics, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada
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Ohla K, Yoshida R, Roper SD, Di Lorenzo PM, Victor JD, Boughter JD, Fletcher M, Katz DB, Chaudhari N. Recognizing Taste: Coding Patterns Along the Neural Axis in Mammals. Chem Senses 2019; 44:237-247. [PMID: 30788507 PMCID: PMC6462759 DOI: 10.1093/chemse/bjz013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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The gustatory system encodes information about chemical identity, nutritional value, and concentration of sensory stimuli before transmitting the signal from taste buds to central neurons that process and transform the signal. Deciphering the coding logic for taste quality requires examining responses at each level along the neural axis-from peripheral sensory organs to gustatory cortex. From the earliest single-fiber recordings, it was clear that some afferent neurons respond uniquely and others to stimuli of multiple qualities. There is frequently a "best stimulus" for a given neuron, leading to the suggestion that taste exhibits "labeled line coding." In the extreme, a strict "labeled line" requires neurons and pathways dedicated to single qualities (e.g., sweet, bitter, etc.). At the other end of the spectrum, "across-fiber," "combinatorial," or "ensemble" coding requires minimal specific information to be imparted by a single neuron. Instead, taste quality information is encoded by simultaneous activity in ensembles of afferent fibers. Further, "temporal coding" models have proposed that certain features of taste quality may be embedded in the cadence of impulse activity. Taste receptor proteins are often expressed in nonoverlapping sets of cells in taste buds apparently supporting "labeled lines." Yet, taste buds include both narrowly and broadly tuned cells. As gustatory signals proceed to the hindbrain and on to higher centers, coding becomes more distributed and temporal patterns of activity become important. Here, we present the conundrum of taste coding in the light of current electrophysiological and imaging techniques at several levels of the gustatory processing pathway.
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- Kathrin Ohla
- Cognitive Neuroscience, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany
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- Section of Oral Neuroscience and OBT Research Center, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
- Department of Oral Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama City, Japan
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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- Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
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Nicotine pre-treatment reduces sensitivity to the interoceptive stimulus effects of commonly abused drugs as assessed with taste conditioning paradigms. Drug Alcohol Depend 2019; 194:341-350. [PMID: 30472574 PMCID: PMC6373761 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.07.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 07/29/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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BACKGROUND Drug pre-exposure attenuates sensitivity to the interoceptive stimulus properties of additional subsequently administered drugs in drug-induced conditioned taste avoidance (CTA) and conditioned place preference (CPP) paradigms. Specifically, nicotine, commonly used in conjunction with other addictive substances, attenuates acquisition of ethanol and caffeine CTAs and morphine-induced CPP. METHODS Because nicotine use is comorbid with a number of substance use disorders, we systematically examined the effects of nicotine pre-exposure on two different conditioning paradigms involving integration of the interoceptive stimulus properties of multiple commonly abused drugs, in male and female rats, designed to examine both the aversive and reinforcing properties of these drugs. RESULTS Nicotine dose-dependently interfered with acquisition of CTA to passively administered morphine, ethanol, and cocaine, but not lithium chloride, demonstrating that the effects of nicotine are not simply a matter of reduced orosensory processing or an inability to learn such associations. Moreover, nicotine-treated rats required higher doses of drug in order to develop CTA and did not show increased acceptance of the taste of self-administered ethanol compared with saline-treated rats. CONCLUSIONS These data demonstrate that nicotine pre-exposure attenuates sensitivity to the stimulus effects of multiple drugs in two conditioning paradigms, in a manner which is consistent with a reduced ability to integrate the interoceptive properties of abused drugs. Through reducing these stimulus properties of drugs of abuse, concomitant nicotine use may result in a need to increase either the frequency or strength of doses during drug-taking, thus likely contributing to enhanced addiction liability in smokers.
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Schier LA, Spector AC. The Functional and Neurobiological Properties of Bad Taste. Physiol Rev 2019; 99:605-663. [PMID: 30475657 PMCID: PMC6442928 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00044.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 05/18/2018] [Accepted: 06/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The gustatory system serves as a critical line of defense against ingesting harmful substances. Technological advances have fostered the characterization of peripheral receptors and have created opportunities for more selective manipulations of the nervous system, yet the neurobiological mechanisms underlying taste-based avoidance and aversion remain poorly understood. One conceptual obstacle stems from a lack of recognition that taste signals subserve several behavioral and physiological functions which likely engage partially segregated neural circuits. Moreover, although the gustatory system evolved to respond expediently to broad classes of biologically relevant chemicals, innate repertoires are often not in register with the actual consequences of a food. The mammalian brain exhibits tremendous flexibility; responses to taste can be modified in a specific manner according to bodily needs and the learned consequences of ingestion. Therefore, experimental strategies that distinguish between the functional properties of various taste-guided behaviors and link them to specific neural circuits need to be applied. Given the close relationship between the gustatory and visceroceptive systems, a full reckoning of the neural architecture of bad taste requires an understanding of how these respective sensory signals are integrated in the brain.
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- Lindsey A Schier
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California ; and Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California , Los Angeles, California ; and Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University , Tallahassee, Florida
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Bamji-Stocke S, Biggs BT, Samuelsen CL. Experience-dependent c-Fos expression in the primary chemosensory cortices of the rat. Brain Res 2018; 1701:189-195. [PMID: 30244018 PMCID: PMC6289795 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/18/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Eating a new food is a unique event that guides future food choices. A key element for these choices is the perception of flavor (odor-taste associations), a multisensory process dependent upon taste and smell. The two primary cortical areas for taste and smell, gustatory cortex and piriform cortex, are thought to be crucial regions for processing and responding to odor-taste mixtures. To determine how previous experience impacts the primary chemosensory cortices, we compared the expression of the immediate early gene, c-Fos, between rats presented with a taste, an odor, or an odor-taste mixture for the first-time with rats that had many days of prior experience. Compared to rats with prior experience, we found that first-time sampling of all three chemosensory stimuli led to significantly greater c-Fos expression in gustatory cortex. In piriform cortex, only the novel chemosensory stimuli containing odors showed greater c-Fos expression. These results indicate that prior experience with taste, odor, or odor-taste stimuli habituates responses in the primary chemosensory cortices and adds further evidence supporting gustatory cortex as a fundamental node for the integration of gustatory and olfactory signals.
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- Sanaya Bamji-Stocke
- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, KY 40202, United States.
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, KY 40202, United States
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- Department of Anatomical Sciences and Neurobiology, University of Louisville, KY 40202, United States.
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Flores VL, Parmet T, Mukherjee N, Nelson S, Katz DB, Levitan D. The role of the gustatory cortex in incidental experience-evoked enhancement of later taste learning. Learn Mem 2018; 25:587-600. [PMID: 30322892 PMCID: PMC6191014 DOI: 10.1101/lm.048181.118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The strength of learned associations between pairs of stimuli is affected by multiple factors, the most extensively studied of which is prior experience with the stimuli themselves. In contrast, little data is available regarding how experience with "incidental" stimuli (independent of any conditioning situation) impacts later learning. This lack of research is striking given the importance of incidental experience to survival. We have recently begun to fill this void using conditioned taste aversion (CTA), wherein an animal learns to avoid a taste that has been associated with malaise. We previously demonstrated that incidental exposure to salty and sour tastes (taste preexposure-TPE) enhances aversions learned later to sucrose. Here, we investigate the neurobiology underlying this phenomenon. First, we use immediate early gene (c-Fos) expression to identify gustatory cortex (GC) as a site at which TPE specifically increases the neural activation caused by taste-malaise pairing (i.e., TPE did not change c-Fos induced by either stimulus in isolation). Next, we use site-specific infection with the optical silencer Archaerhodopsin-T to show that GC inactivation during TPE inhibits the expected enhancements of both learning and CTA-related c-Fos expression, a full day later. Thus, we conclude that GC is almost certainly a vital part of the circuit that integrates incidental experience into later associative learning.
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- Veronica L Flores
- Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
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- Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
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- Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
- Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
- National Center for Behavioral Genomics, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
- Volen Center for Complex Systems, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
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- Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454, USA
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Ma H, Wang N, Wang X, Jia M, Li Y, Cui C. Wnt7a in Mouse Insular Cortex Contributes to Anxiety-like Behavior During Protracted Abstinence from Morphine. Neuroscience 2018; 394:164-176. [PMID: 30367944 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2018.10.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2018] [Revised: 10/13/2018] [Accepted: 10/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Anxiety is considered an important protracted abstinence symptom that can aggravate craving and relapse risk in opioid addicts. Although the insular cortex (IC) has been reported to be a key brain region in mediating emotional and motivational alterations induced by drug consumption and withdrawal, the role of IC in anxiety related to protracted abstinence remains elusive. In this study, we found that: (1) anxiety-like behavior in morphine-dependent mice became significant after 28 days of withdrawal, while their physical symptoms became undetectable. (2) Activated glutamatergic neurons in the medial IC, but not the anterior or posterior IC were significantly increased after 28 days of withdrawal. Bilateral lesion of the medial IC, but not the anterior or posterior IC with ibotenic acid (IBO) alleviated the anxiety-like behavior. (3) Expression of Wnt7a in the medial IC was significantly increased after 28 days of withdrawal, and specific down-regulation of Wnt7a with AAV-shWnt7a also alleviated the anxiety-like behavior. The findings reveal the medial IC is involved in mediating anxiety-like behavior related to morphine protracted abstinence, in which Wnt7a plays a critical role.
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- Hui Ma
- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Research Institute, Key Laboratory for Neuroscience of the Ministry of Education/National Health and Family Planning Commission, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Research Institute, Key Laboratory for Neuroscience of the Ministry of Education/National Health and Family Planning Commission, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Research Institute, Key Laboratory for Neuroscience of the Ministry of Education/National Health and Family Planning Commission, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Research Institute, Key Laboratory for Neuroscience of the Ministry of Education/National Health and Family Planning Commission, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Research Institute, Key Laboratory for Neuroscience of the Ministry of Education/National Health and Family Planning Commission, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Neuroscience Research Institute, Key Laboratory for Neuroscience of the Ministry of Education/National Health and Family Planning Commission, Peking University, Beijing, China.
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King MS. Distribution of Fos-immunoreactive neurons in the gustatory cortex elicited by intra-oral infusion of taste solutions in conscious rats. Brain Res 2018; 1683:67-77. [PMID: 29371098 PMCID: PMC5818300 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2018.01.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2017] [Revised: 01/15/2018] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The location of neurons in the gustatory cortex (GC) activated by intra-oral infusion of solutions in conscious rats was mapped using Fos immunohistochemistry. Groups of adult male Wistar rats (N's = 5) received an infusion of one of the following: dH2O, 0.1 or 1.0 M NaCl, 0.1 or 1.0 M sucrose, 0.32 M MSG (with 100 µM amiloride and 2.5 M inosine 5'-monophosphate), 0.03 M HCl, or 0.003 M QHCl delivered via an intra-oral cannula (0.233 ml/min for 5 min). Unstimulated control rats received no infusion. Taste reactivity (TR) behaviors were videotaped and scored. The number of Fos-immunoreactive (Fos-IR) neurons was counted in eight sections throughout the anterior-posterior extent of the GC in the medial and lateral halves of the granular (GI), dysgranular (DI), and dorsal (AID) and ventral (AIV) agranular insular cortices. Intra-oral infusion of dH2O, NaCl, or sucrose altered the number of Fos-IR neurons in only specific subareas of the GC and the effects of these tastants were concentration-dependent. For example, 1.0 M NaCl increased Fos-IR neurons in the posterior lateral AID and DI and elicited more aversive TR responses than 0.1 M NaCl. Compared to dH2O, infusions of HCl or QHCl increased the total number of Fos-IR neurons in many subareas of the GC throughout its anterior-posterior extent and increased aversive TR behaviors. Linear regression analyses suggested that neurons in the medial AID of the posterior GC may influence aversive behavioral responses to HCl and QHCl while neurons in the posterior lateral AID and DI may play a role in aversive TR responses to 1.0 M NaCl.
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- Michael S King
- Biology Department, Stetson University, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., DeLand, FL 32723, United States.
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Yiannakas A, Rosenblum K. The Insula and Taste Learning. Front Mol Neurosci 2017; 10:335. [PMID: 29163022 PMCID: PMC5676397 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2017.00335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Accepted: 10/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The sense of taste is a key component of the sensory machinery, enabling the evaluation of both the safety as well as forming associations regarding the nutritional value of ingestible substances. Indicative of the salience of the modality, taste conditioning can be achieved in rodents upon a single pairing of a tastant with a chemical stimulus inducing malaise. This robust associative learning paradigm has been heavily linked with activity within the insular cortex (IC), among other regions, such as the amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex. A number of studies have demonstrated taste memory formation to be dependent on protein synthesis at the IC and to correlate with the induction of signaling cascades involved in synaptic plasticity. Taste learning has been shown to require the differential involvement of dopaminergic GABAergic, glutamatergic, muscarinic neurotransmission across an extended taste learning circuit. The subsequent activation of downstream protein kinases (ERK, CaMKII), transcription factors (CREB, Elk-1) and immediate early genes (c-fos, Arc), has been implicated in the regulation of the different phases of taste learning. This review discusses the relevant neurotransmission, molecular signaling pathways and genetic markers involved in novel and aversive taste learning, with a particular focus on the IC. Imaging and other studies in humans have implicated the IC in the pathophysiology of a number of cognitive disorders. We conclude that the IC participates in circuit-wide computations that modulate the interception and encoding of sensory information, as well as the formation of subjective internal representations that control the expression of motivated behaviors.
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- Adonis Yiannakas
- Sagol Department of Neuroscience, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Sagol Department of Neuroscience, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
- Center for Gene Manipulation in the Brain, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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Castro DC, Berridge KC. Opioid and orexin hedonic hotspots in rat orbitofrontal cortex and insula. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E9125-E9134. [PMID: 29073109 PMCID: PMC5664503 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705753114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Hedonic hotspots are brain sites where particular neurochemical stimulations causally amplify the hedonic impact of sensory rewards, such as "liking" for sweetness. Here, we report the mapping of two hedonic hotspots in cortex, where mu opioid or orexin stimulations enhance the hedonic impact of sucrose taste. One hedonic hotspot was found in anterior orbitofrontal cortex (OFC), and another was found in posterior insula. A suppressive hedonic coldspot was also found in the form of an intervening strip stretching from the posterior OFC through the anterior and middle insula, bracketed by the two cortical hotspots. Opioid/orexin stimulations in either cortical hotspot activated Fos throughout a distributed "hedonic circuit" involving cortical and subcortical structures. Conversely, cortical coldspot stimulation activated circuitry for "hedonic suppression." Finally, food intake was increased by stimulations at several prefrontal cortical sites, indicating that the anatomical substrates in cortex for enhancing the motivation to eat are discriminable from those for hedonic impact.
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- Daniel C Castro
- Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63108;
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- Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Aijie C, Huimin L, Jia L, Lingling O, Limin W, Junrong W, Xuan L, Xue H, Longquan S. Central neurotoxicity induced by the instillation of ZnO and TiO 2 nanoparticles through the taste nerve pathway. Nanomedicine (Lond) 2017; 12:2453-2470. [PMID: 28972461 DOI: 10.2217/nnm-2017-0171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIM To explore whether nanoparticles (NPs) can be transported into the CNS via the taste nerve pathway. MATERIALS & METHODS ZnO and TiO2 NPs were tongue-instilled to male Wistar rats. Toxicity was assessed by Zn/Ti biodistribution, histopathological examination, oxidative stress assay, quantitative reverse-transcriptase PCR analysis, learning and memory capabilities. RESULTS ZnO NPs and TiO2 NPs significantly deposited in the nerves and brain, respectively. The histopathological examination indicated a slight injury in the cerebral cortex and hippocampus. Ultrastructural changes and an imbalanced oxidative stress were observed. The Morris water maze results showed that the learning and memory of rats were impaired. CONCLUSION NPs can enter the CNS via the taste nerve translocation pathway and induce a certain adverse effect.
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- Chen Aijie
- Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- The First Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Guangzhou 510630, China
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- School & Hospital of Stomatology, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou 325027, China
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- Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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- The 309th Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100091, China
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- Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China
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Both physiological and imaging approaches have led to often-disparate conclusions about the organization of taste information in gustatory cortex (GC). In this study, we used neuroanatomical and imaging approaches to delineate the likely area of insular cortex given to gustatory function and to characterize taste responses within this delineated area in female and male C57BL/6J mice. Anterograde tracers were injected into the taste thalamus (the medial parvicellular portion of the ventral posterior medial division, VPMpc) of mice and the thalamic terminal field was investigated across the cortex. Working within the delineated area, we used two-photon imaging to measure basic taste responses in >780 neurons in layer 2/3 located just posterior to the middle cerebral artery. A nonbiased, hierarchical cluster analysis revealed multiple clusters of cells responding best to either individual or combinations of taste stimuli. Taste quality was represented in the activity of taste-responsive cells; however, there was no apparent spatial organization of primary taste qualities in this region.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Recent studies investigating taste coding within the gustatory cortex have reported highly segregated, taste-specific regions containing only narrowly tuned cells responding to a single taste separated by large non-taste-coding areas. However, focusing on the center of this area, we found a large number of taste responsive cells ranging from narrowly to broadly responsive with no apparent local spatial organization. Further, population analysis reveals that activity in the neuronal population in this area appears to be related to measures of taste quality or hedonics.
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Overlapping Representation of Primary Tastes in a Defined Region of the Gustatory Cortex. J Neurosci 2017; 37:7595-7605. [PMID: 28674169 DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0649-17.2017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2017] [Revised: 05/25/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Both physiological and imaging approaches have led to often-disparate conclusions about the organization of taste information in gustatory cortex (GC). In this study, we used neuroanatomical and imaging approaches to delineate the likely area of insular cortex given to gustatory function and to characterize taste responses within this delineated area in female and male C57BL/6J mice. Anterograde tracers were injected into the taste thalamus (the medial parvicellular portion of the ventral posterior medial division, VPMpc) of mice and the thalamic terminal field was investigated across the cortex. Working within the delineated area, we used two-photon imaging to measure basic taste responses in >780 neurons in layer 2/3 located just posterior to the middle cerebral artery. A nonbiased, hierarchical cluster analysis revealed multiple clusters of cells responding best to either individual or combinations of taste stimuli. Taste quality was represented in the activity of taste-responsive cells; however, there was no apparent spatial organization of primary taste qualities in this region.SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENT Recent studies investigating taste coding within the gustatory cortex have reported highly segregated, taste-specific regions containing only narrowly tuned cells responding to a single taste separated by large non-taste-coding areas. However, focusing on the center of this area, we found a large number of taste responsive cells ranging from narrowly to broadly responsive with no apparent local spatial organization. Further, population analysis reveals that activity in the neuronal population in this area appears to be related to measures of taste quality or hedonics.
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Osorio-Gómez D, Guzmán-Ramos K, Bermúdez-Rattoni F. Memory trace reactivation and behavioral response during retrieval are differentially modulated by amygdalar glutamate receptors activity: interaction between amygdala and insular cortex. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 24:14-23. [PMID: 27980072 PMCID: PMC5159659 DOI: 10.1101/lm.042895.116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The insular cortex (IC) is required for conditioned taste aversion (CTA) retrieval. However, it remains unknown which cortical neurotransmitters levels are modified upon CTA retrieval. Using in vivo microdialysis, we observed that there were clear elevations in extracellular glutamate, norepinephrine, and dopamine in and around the center of the gustatory zone of the IC during CTA retrieval. Additionally, it has been reported that the amygdala–IC interaction is highly involved in CTA memory establishment. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of infusions of an AMPA receptor antagonist (CNQX) and a NMDA receptor antagonist (APV) into the amygdala on CTA retrieval and IC neurotransmitter levels. Infusion of APV into the amygdala impaired glutamate augmentation within the IC, whereas dopamine and norepinephrine levels augmentation persisted and a reliable CTA expression was observed. Conversely, CNQX infusion into the amygdala impaired the aversion response, as well as norepinephrine and dopamine augmentations in the IC. Interestingly, CNQX infusion did not affect glutamate elevation in the IC. To evaluate the functional meaning of neurotransmitters elevations within the IC on CTA response, we infused specific antagonists for the AMPA, NMDA, D1, and β-adrenergic receptor before retrieval. Results showed that activation of AMPA, D1, and β-adrenergic receptors is necessary for CTA expression, whereas NMDA receptors are not involved in the aversion response.
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- Daniel Osorio-Gómez
- División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510 México City, Mexico
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- División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510 México City, Mexico.,Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Unidad Lerma, Av. Hidalgo poniente 46 Col. La estación, 52006 Lerma de Villada, Mexico
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- División de Neurociencias, Instituto de Fisiología Celular, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510 México City, Mexico
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Gaillard D, Stratford JM. Measurement of Behavioral Taste Responses in Mice: Two-Bottle Preference, Lickometer, and Conditioned Taste-Aversion Tests. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 6:380-407. [PMID: 27906463 DOI: 10.1002/cpmo.18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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The natural like and dislike of foods based on taste is one of the most easily observed behaviors in animals. Animals eat palatable foods and reject aversive foods, which makes measurement of taste perception possible using various behavioral techniques. Three different methods to accurately measure taste behavior are described here. First, two-bottle preference tests evaluate whether a taste compound (tastant) is preferred over water. Second, lickometer tests quantify the like and dislike for multiple concentrations of the same tastant or multiple tastants at the same time. Finally, conditioned taste aversion tests accurately determine the perceived taste threshold for palatable tastants. Together, these diverse methods enable researchers to observe and measure behavioral taste responses in mice to any tastant. © 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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- Dany Gaillard
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and the Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and the Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, Colorado
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Sheth C, Furlong TM, Keefe KA, Taha SA. Lesion of the rostromedial tegmental nucleus increases voluntary ethanol consumption and accelerates extinction of ethanol-induced conditioned taste aversion. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2016; 233:3737-3749. [PMID: 27549757 PMCID: PMC5063894 DOI: 10.1007/s00213-016-4406-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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RATIONALE Ethanol has rewarding and aversive properties, and the balance of these properties influences voluntary ethanol consumption. Preclinical and clinical evidence show that the aversive properties of ethanol limit intake. The neural circuits underlying ethanol-induced aversion learning are not fully understood. We have previously shown that the lateral habenula (LHb), a region critical for aversive conditioning, plays an important role in ethanol-directed behaviors. However, the neurocircuitry through which LHb exerts its actions is unknown. OBJECTIVE In the present study, we investigate a role for the rostromedial tegmental nucleus (RMTg), a major LHb projection target, in regulating ethanol-directed behaviors. METHODS Rats received either sham or RMTg lesions and were studied during voluntary ethanol consumption; operant ethanol self-administration, extinction, and yohimbine-induced reinstatement of ethanol-seeking; and ethanol-induced conditioned taste aversion (CTA). RESULTS RMTg lesions increased voluntary ethanol consumption and accelerated extinction of ethanol-induced CTA. CONCLUSIONS The RMTg plays an important role in regulating voluntary ethanol consumption, possibly by mediating ethanol-induced aversive conditioning.
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- Chandni Sheth
- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, 30 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT, 84112-5820, USA.
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, 30 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5820 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, 30 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5820 USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Utah, 30 South 2000 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-5820 USA
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Nyland JE, Alexander DN, Grigson PS. Drug-motivated behavior in rats with lesions of the thalamic orosensory area. Behav Neurosci 2015; 130:103-13. [PMID: 26653714 DOI: 10.1037/bne0000114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Rats suppress intake of a palatable taste cue when paired with a rewarding or an aversive stimulus in appetitive or aversive conditioning, respectively. A similar phenomenon occurs with drugs of abuse, but the nature of this conditioning has been subject for debate. While relatively little is known about the underlying neural circuitry, we recently reported bilateral lesions of the thalamic trigeminal orosensory area isolate drug-induced suppression of intake of a taste cue. The lesion blocks avoidance of the taste cue when paired with experimenter delivered drugs of abuse, yet has no effect on avoidance of the same cue when paired with an aversive agent or when it predicts access to a highly palatable sucrose solution. We hypothesize the lesion may blunt the rewarding properties of the drug. To test this, we used a runway apparatus, as running speed has been shown to increase with increasing reward value. Our hypothesis was supported by failure of the lesioned rats to increase running speed for morphine. Interestingly, lesioned rats did avoid intake of the drug-paired cue when presented in the runway apparatus and displayed naloxone-precipitated withdrawal. Using a partial crossover design, the lesion prevented avoidance of a cocaine-paired cue when presented in the home cage. We conclude that the lesion disrupts avoidance of a taste cue in anticipation of the rewarding properties of a drug but, at least in the presence of contextual cues, allows for avoidance of a taste cue as it elicits the onset of an aversive conditioned state of withdrawal.
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Bales MB, Schier LA, Blonde GD, Spector AC. Extensive Gustatory Cortex Lesions Significantly Impair Taste Sensitivity to KCl and Quinine but Not to Sucrose in Rats. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0143419. [PMID: 26599914 PMCID: PMC4657922 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2015] [Accepted: 11/04/2015] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Recently, we reported that large bilateral gustatory cortex (GC) lesions significantly impair taste sensitivity to salts in rats. Here we extended the tastants examined to include sucrose and quinine in rats with ibotenic acid-induced lesions in GC (GCX) and in sham-operated controls (SHAM). Presurgically, immediately after drinking NaCl, rats received a LiCl or saline injection (i.p.), but postsurgical tests indicated a weak conditioned taste aversion (CTA) even in controls. The rats were then trained and tested in gustometers to discriminate a tastant from water in a two-response operant taste detection task. Psychometric functions were derived for sucrose, KCl, and quinine. Our mapping system was used to determine placement, size, and symmetry of the lesions (~91% GC damage on average). For KCl, there was a significant rightward shift (ΔEC50 = 0.57 log10 units; p<0.001) in the GCX psychometric function relative to SHAM, replicating our prior work. There was also a significant lesion-induced impairment (ΔEC50 = 0.41 log10 units; p = 0.006) in quinine sensitivity. Surprisingly, taste sensitivity to sucrose was unaffected by the extensive lesions and was comparable between GCX and SHAM rats. The fact that such large bilateral GC lesions did not shift sucrose psychometric functions relative to SHAM, but did significantly compromise quinine and KCl sensitivity suggests that the neural circuits responsible for the detection of specific taste stimuli are partially dissociable. Lesion-induced impairments were observed in expression of a postsurgical CTA to a maltodextrin solution as assessed in a taste-oriented brief-access test, but were not reflected in a longer term 46-h two-bottle test. Thus, deficits observed in rats after extensive damage to the GC are also dependent on the test used to assess taste function. In conclusion, the degree to which the GC is necessary for the maintenance of normal taste detectability apparently depends on the chemical and/or perceptual features of the stimulus.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michelle B. Bales
- Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America
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