Coherent Neuron Activity in Frontal Cortex, n. Accumbens and dorsomedial Striatum during Impulsive and Self-control Behavior in Cats
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Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
ABSTRACT
Cats placed in the situation of a choosing between a high-value time-delayed and a low-value immediate food rewards elected to wait for the preferred reward or to obtain the worse reward quickly. On the basis of the selected behavior strategy the cats were classified into three groups - self-control ones, choosing predominantly a delayed high-value food reward, impulsive, choosing predominantly an immediate low-value food reward, and ambivalent - with mixed types of reactions. The correlated firing between simultaneously recorded neurons in prefrontal cortex (PFC), n. accumbens (NAcb) and dorsomedial striatum (DMStr) during choice behavior task was studied. It was revealed that a total number of NAcb functional neuron interactions at cats showing self-control reactions exceeded that of observed at ambivalent and impulsive cats. The number of PFC and DMStr functional correlated firing at impulsive and ambivalent cats was more significant than at cats capable to self-control. Observed correlated firing between PFC and NAcb neurons (fronto-accumbal interactions) progressively increased with the shift of behavior to impulsiveness and decreased with self-control behavior. Our results demonstrate that performance of impulsive and self-control behavior alters the correlation structure of neural firing in PFC, NAcb, DMStr and suggest the key role of local PFC, NAcb, DMStr networks in realization of choice behavior.
Cats placed in the situation of a choosing between a high-value time-delayed and a low-value immediate food rewards elected to wait for the preferred reward or to obtain the worse reward quickly. On the basis of the selected behavior strategy the cats were classified into three groups - self-control ones, choosing predominantly a delayed high-value food reward, impulsive, choosing predominantly an immediate low-value food reward, and ambivalent - with mixed types of reactions. The correlated firing between simultaneously recorded neurons in prefrontal cortex (PFC), n. accumbens (NAcb) and dorsomedial striatum (DMStr) during choice behavior task was studied. It was revealed that a total number of NAcb functional neuron interactions at cats showing self-control reactions exceeded that of observed at ambivalent and impulsive cats. The number of PFC and DMStr functional correlated firing at impulsive and ambivalent cats was more significant than at cats capable to self-control. Observed correlated firing between PFC and NAcb neurons (fronto-accumbal interactions) progressively increased with the shift of behavior to impulsiveness and decreased with self-control behavior. Our results demonstrate that performance of impulsive and self-control behavior alters the correlation structure of neural firing in PFC, NAcb, DMStr and suggest the key role of local PFC, NAcb, DMStr networks in realization of choice behavior.
Cite this paper
Merzhanova, G. , Kuleshova, E. , Sidorina, V. , Zaleshin, A. and Gerasimova, Y. (2014) Coherent Neuron Activity in Frontal Cortex, n. Accumbens and dorsomedial Striatum during Impulsive and Self-control Behavior in Cats. World Journal of Neuroscience, 4, 341-352. doi: 10.4236/wjns.2014.44039.
Merzhanova, G. , Kuleshova, E. , Sidorina, V. , Zaleshin, A. and Gerasimova, Y. (2014) Coherent Neuron Activity in Frontal Cortex, n. Accumbens and dorsomedial Striatum during Impulsive and Self-control Behavior in Cats. World Journal of Neuroscience, 4, 341-352. doi: 10.4236/wjns.2014.44039.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00305.2004 [3] Nicola, S.M. (2007) The Nucleus Accumbens as Part of a Basal Ganglia Action Selection Circuit. Psychopharmacology, 191, 521-550. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00213-006-0510-4 [4] Tsujimoto, S. and Sawaguchi, T. (2005) Neuronal Activity Representing Temporal Prediction of Reward in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex. Neurophysiology, 93, 3687-3692. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.01149.2004 [5] Watanabe, K., Igaki, S. and Funahashi, S. (2006) Contributions of Prefrontal Cue-, Delay-, and Response-Period Activity to the Decision Process of Saccade Direction in a Free-Choice ODR Task. Neural Networks, 19, 1203-1222.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neunet.2006.05.033 [6] Espinosa, I.E. and Gerstein, G.L. (1988) Cortical Auditory Neuron Interactions during Presentation of 3-Tone Sequences: Effective Connectivity. Brain Research, 450, 39-50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0006-8993(88)91542-9 [7] Vaadia, E., Ahissar, E., Bergman, H. and Lavner, Y. (1991) Correlated Activity of Neurons: A Neural Code for Higher Brain Functions? Neuronal Сooperativity, 49, 249-276. [8] Qi, X.L. and Constantinidis, C. (2012) Correlated Discharges in the Primate Prefrontal Cortex before and after Working Memory Training. European Journal of Neuroscience, 36, 3538-3548. [9] Qi, X.L. and Constantinidis, C. (2013) Neural Changes after Training to Perform Cognitive Tasks. Behavioural Brain Research, 241, 235-243. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2012.12.017 [10] Gassanov, U.G., Merzhanova, G.Kh. and Galashina, A.G. (1985) Interneuronal Relations within and between Cortical Areas during Conditioning in Cats. Behavioural Brain Research, 15, 137-146.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00001756-200403220-00030 [18] Mogenson, G.J. and Yang, C.R. (1991) The Contribution of Basal Forebrain to Limbic—Motor Integration and the Mediation of Motivation to Action. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 295, 267-290.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0145-6_14 [19] Salamone, I.D., Correa, M., Farrar, A. and Mingote, S.M. (2007) Effort-Related Functions of Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine and Associated Forebrain Circuits. Psychopharmacology, 191, 461-482.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0166-2236(95)98374-8 [34] Bracci, E., Centonze, D., Bernardi, G. and Calabresi, P. (2003) Voltage-Dependent Membrane Potential Oscillations of Rat Striatal Fast-Spiking Interneurons. Journal of Physiology, 549, 121-130.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2003.040857 [35] Hidaka, S. and Totterdell, S. (2001) Ultrastructural Features of the Nitric Oxide Synthase-Containing Interneurons in the Nucleus Accumbens and Their Relationship with Tyrosine Hydroxylase-Containing Terminals. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 431, 139-154.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1096-9861(20010305)431:2<139::AID-CNE1061>3.0.CO;2-0 [36] Taverna, S., van Dongen, Y.C., Groenewegen, H.J. and Pennartz, C.M. (2004) Direct Physiological Evidence for Synaptic Connectivity between Medium-Sized Spiny Neurons in Rat Nucleus Accumbens in Situ. Journal of Neurophysiology, 91, 1111-1121. http://dx.doi.org/10.1152/jn.00892.2003 [37] Chuhma, N., Zhang, H., Masson, J., Zhuang, X., Sulzer, D., Hen, R. and Rayport, S. (2004) Dopamine Neurons Mediate a Fast Excitatory Signal via Their Glutamatergic Synapses. Neuroscience, 24, 972-981.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4317-03.2004 [38] Floresco, S.B., Tse, M.T. and Ghods-Sharifi, S. (2008) Dopaminergic and Glutamatergic Regulation of Effort-and Delay-Based Decision Making. Neuropsychopharmacology, 33, 1966-1979.
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