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Thalamic Control of Cognition and Social Behavior Via Regulation of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acidergic Signaling and Excitation/Inhibition Balance in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex
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Background The mediodorsal thalamus plays a critical role in cognition through its extensive innervation of the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), but how the two structures cooperate at the single-cell level to generate associated cognitive functions and other mPFC-dependent behaviors remains elusive. Maintaining the proper balance between excitation and inhibition (E/I balance) is of principal importance for organizing cortical activity. Furthermore, the PFC E/I balance has been implicated in successful execution of multiple PFC-dependent behaviors in both animal research and the context of human psychiatric disorders.Methods Here, we used a pharmacogenetic strategy to decrease mediodorsal thalamic activity in adult male rats and evaluated the consequences for E/I balance in PFC pyramidal neurons as well as cognition, social interaction, and anxiety.Results We found that dampening mediodorsal thalamic activity caused significant reductions in gamma-aminobutyric acidergic signaling and increased E/I balance in the mPFC and was concomitant with abnormalities in these behaviors. Furthermore, by selectively activating parvalbumin interneurons in the mPFC with a novel pharmacogenetic approach, we restored gamma-aminobutyric acidergic signaling and E/I balance as well as ameliorated all behavioral impairments.Conclusions These findings underscore the importance of thalamocortical activation of mPFC gamma-aminobutyric acidergic interneurons in a broad range of mPFC-dependent behaviors. Furthermore, they highlight this circuitry as a platform for therapeutic investigation in psychiatric diseases that involve impairments in PFC-dependent behaviors.
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“Dampening thalamic activity causes significant reductions of GABA signaling in the mPFC and concomitant abnormalities in cognition and social interaction, which is ameliorated by selectively activating mPFC PV+ interneurons 34.”
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- Authors
- Ferguson, B. R., & Gao, W.-J.
- Affiliations
- Drexel University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Gao, Wen-Jun
- Venue
- Biological Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-04
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- 83
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 657-669
- ISSN
- 0006-3223 (ISSN-L)
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- PMC5862785
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- W2774489697
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- 5.48
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Mental Health (F31MH111361, R01MH085666, R21MH111609)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural dynamics and brain function
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
- Keywords
- mediodorsal thalamus, medial prefrontal cortex, excitation-inhibition balance, GABAergic neurotransmission, parvalbumin interneurons, thalamocortical circuits, cognition, social behavior, anxiety, pyramidal neurons, mental illness
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Behavior, Animal, Cognition, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, Interneurons, Male, Pharmacogenetics, Social Behavior, Signal Transduction, Rats, Sprague-Dawley, Prefrontal Cortex, Patch-Clamp Techniques, GABA Agents, Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials, Mediodorsal Thalamic Nucleus, Rats, Inhibitory Postsynaptic Potentials, GABAergic Neurons
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