Specific Targeting of the Basolateral Amygdala to Projectionally Defined Pyramidal Neurons in Prelimbic and Infralimbic Cortex

被引:72
作者
Cheriyan, John [1 ]
Kaushik, Mahesh K. [1 ]
Ferreira, Ashley N. [2 ]
Sheets, Patrick L. [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Indiana Univ Sch Med, Dept Pharmacol & Toxicol, South Bend, IN 46617 USA
[2] Univ Notre Dame, Dept Biol Sci, Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
basolateral amygdala; infralimbic; long-range connectivity; medial prefrontal cortex; periaqueductal gray; prelimbic;
D O I
10.1523/ENEURO.0002-16.2016
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Adjacent prelimbic (PL) and infralimbic (IL) regions in the medial prefrontal cortex have distinct roles in emotional learning. A complete mechanistic understanding underlying this dichotomy remains unclear. Here we explored targeting of specific PL and IL neurons by the basolateral amygdala (BLA), a limbic structure pivotal in pain and fear processing. In mice, we used retrograde labeling, brain-slice recordings, and adenoviral optogenetics to dissect connectivity of ascending BLA input onto PL and IL neurons projecting to the periaqueductal gray (PAG) or the amygdala. We found differential targeting of BLA projections to PL and IL cortex. Activating BLA projections evoked excitatory and inhibitory responses in cortico-PAG (CP) neurons in layer 5 (L5) of both PL and IL cortex. However, all inhibitory responses were polysynaptic and monosynaptic BLA input was stronger to CP neurons in IL cortex. Conversely, the BLA preferentially targeted corticoamygdalar (CA) neurons in layer 2 (L2) of PL over IL cortex. We also reveal that BLA input is projection specific by showing preferential targeting of L5 CP neurons over neighboring L3/5 CA neurons in IL cortex. We conclude by showing that BLA input is laminar-specific by producing stronger excitatory responses CA neurons in L3/5 compared with L2 in IL cortex. Collectively, this study reveals differential targeting of the BLA to PL and IL cortex, which depends both on laminar location and projection target of cortical neurons. Overall, our findings should have important implications for understanding the processing of pain and fear input by the PL and IL cortex.
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页码:489 / 494
页数:13
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