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Science ; 374(6570): 1010-1015, 2021 Nov 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34793231

RESUMO

How does the brain maintain fear within an adaptive range? We found that the insular cortex acts as a state-dependent regulator of fear that is necessary to establish an equilibrium between the extinction and maintenance of fear memories in mice. Whereas insular cortex responsiveness to fear-evoking cues increased with their certainty to predict harm, this activity was attenuated through negative bodily feedback that arose from heart rate decelerations during freezing. Perturbation of body-brain communication by vagus nerve stimulation disrupted the balance between fear extinction and maintenance similar to insular cortex inhibition. Our data reveal that the insular cortex integrates predictive sensory and interoceptive signals to provide graded and bidirectional teaching signals that gate fear extinction and illustrate how bodily feedback signals are used to maintain fear within a functional equilibrium.


Assuntos
Medo , Retroalimentação Fisiológica , Córtex Insular/fisiologia , Animais , Condicionamento Clássico , Sinais (Psicologia) , Extinção Psicológica , Frequência Cardíaca , Interocepção , Masculino , Rememoração Mental , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Nervo Vago/fisiologia
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Science ; 368(6486): 89-94, 2020 04 03.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32241948

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Understanding the neurobiological underpinnings of emotion relies on objective readouts of the emotional state of an individual, which remains a major challenge especially in animal models. We found that mice exhibit stereotyped facial expressions in response to emotionally salient events, as well as upon targeted manipulations in emotion-relevant neuronal circuits. Facial expressions were classified into distinct categories using machine learning and reflected the changing intrinsic value of the same sensory stimulus encountered under different homeostatic or affective conditions. Facial expressions revealed emotion features such as intensity, valence, and persistence. Two-photon imaging uncovered insular cortical neuron activity that correlated with specific facial expressions and may encode distinct emotions. Facial expressions thus provide a means to infer emotion states and their neuronal correlates in mice.


Assuntos
Córtex Cerebral/fisiologia , Emoções/fisiologia , Expressão Facial , Vias Neurais/fisiologia , Neurônios/fisiologia , Animais , Córtex Cerebral/citologia , Masculino , Camundongos
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Nat Neurosci ; 22(9): 1424-1437, 2019 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31455886

RESUMO

Triggering behavioral adaptation upon the detection of adversity is crucial for survival. The insular cortex has been suggested to process emotions and homeostatic signals, but how the insular cortex detects internal states and mediates behavioral adaptation is poorly understood. By combining data from fiber photometry, optogenetics, awake two-photon calcium imaging and comprehensive whole-brain viral tracings, we here uncover a role for the posterior insula in processing aversive sensory stimuli and emotional and bodily states, as well as in exerting prominent top-down modulation of ongoing behaviors in mice. By employing projection-specific optogenetics, we describe an insula-to-central amygdala pathway to mediate anxiety-related behaviors, while an independent nucleus accumbens-projecting pathway regulates feeding upon changes in bodily state. Together, our data support a model in which the posterior insular cortex can shift behavioral strategies upon the detection of aversive internal states, providing a new entry point to understand how alterations in insula circuitry may contribute to neuropsychiatric conditions.


Assuntos
Adaptação Fisiológica/fisiologia , Comportamento Animal/fisiologia , Córtex Cerebral/fisiologia , Vias Neurais/fisiologia , Animais , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL
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