Cross-species brain-wide mapping reveals a conserved and coordinated network engaged by NAc DBS.

Autor: Feng AY, Barbosa DAN, Casey AB, Rijsketic DR, Salgado JS, Huang H, Malenka RC, Hermes D, Miller KJ, Halpern CH, Heifets BD
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: BioRxiv : the preprint server for biology [bioRxiv] 2024 Sep 09. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Sep 09.
DOI: 10.1101/2024.09.08.611940
Abstrakt: Nucleus accumbens (NAc) deep brain stimulation (DBS) has been increasingly explored as a treatment modality for refractory neuropsychiatric disorders. Uncovering the accumbens network that is engaged by DBS is a critical step forward in understanding how modulating this important node impacts the broader mesocorticolimbic circuit. Using whole-brain clearing and unbiased, brain-wide neural activity mapping, we found that NAc DBS increases neural activity in a coordinated mesocorticolimbic network in mice. Simultaneous intracranial electrophysiology recordings from the human NAc and brief stimulation epochs of homologous mesocorticolimbic nodes revealed similar connectivity. Altogether, these results identify specific connectivity conserved across species within the mesocorticolimbic circuit that may underlie mechanisms of NAc DBS.
Databáze: MEDLINE