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Effects of Optogenetic Suppression of Cortical Input on Primate Thalamic Neuronal Activity during Goal-Directed Behavior
| Title: | Effects of Optogenetic Suppression of Cortical Input on Primate Thalamic Neuronal Activity during Goal-Directed Behavior |
| Authors: | Suzuki, Tomoki W. Browse this author | | Inoue, Ken-Ichi Browse this author | | Takada, Masahiko Browse this author | | Tanaka, Masaki Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | corticothalamic terminals | | eye movements | | halorhodopsin | | monkey | | oculomotor thalamus | | single neuron activity |
| Issue Date: | 3-Mar-2021 |
| Publisher: | Society for Neuroscience |
| Journal Title: | eNeuro |
| Volume: | 8 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page: | 0511-20 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1523/ENEURO.0511-20.2021 |
| Abstract: | The motor thalamus relays signals from subcortical structures to the motor cortical areas. Previous studies in songbirds and rodents suggest that cortical feedback inputs crucially contribute to the generation of movement-related activity in the motor thalamus. In primates, however, it remains uncertain whether the corticothalamic projections may play a role in shaping neuronal activity in the motor thalamus. Here, using an optogenetic inactivation technique with the viral vector system expressing halorhodopsin, we investigated the role of cortical input in modulating thalamic neuronal activity during goal-directed behavior. In particular, we assessed whether the suppression of signals originating from the supplementary eye field at the corticothalamic terminals could change the task-related neuronal modulation in the oculomotor thalamus in monkeys performing a self-initiated saccade task. We found that many thalamic neurons exhibited changes in their firing rates depending on saccade direction or task event, indicating that optical stimulation exerted task-specific effects on neuronal activity beyond the global changes in baseline activity. These results suggest that the corticothalamic projections might be actively involved in the signal processing necessary for goal-directed behavior. However, we also found that some thalamic neurons exhibited overall, non-task -specific changes in the firing rate during optical stimulation, even in control animals without vector injections. The stimulation effects in these animals started with longer latency, implying a possible thermal effect on neuronal activity. Thus, our results not only reveal the importance of direct cortical input in neuronal activity in the primate motor thalamus, but also provide useful information for future optogenetic studies. |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/81592 |
| Appears in Collections: | 医学院・医学研究院 (Graduate School of Medicine / Faculty of Medicine) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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