Ex vivo and in vivo imaging of mouse parietal association cortex activity in episodes of cued fear memory formation and retrieval

Autor: Anna M. Gruzdeva, Olga I. Ivashkina, M. A. Roshchina, K. A. Toropova, Konstantin V. Anokhin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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DOI: 10.1101/863589
Popis: The parietal cortex in rodents has an integrative function and participates in sensory and spatial processing, movement planning and decision-making. However, much less is known about its functions in associative memory processing. Here using Fos immunohistochemical mapping of neuronal activity and two-photon imaging in Fos-eGFP mice we show an involvement of anterior part of the parietal cortex (PtA) in the formation and retrieval of recent fear memory in mice. Using ex vivo c-fos imaging we demonstrate the specific activation of the PtA during recent memory retrieval. In vivo two-photon c-fos imaging confirms these results as well as establishes the activation of the PtA neurons during fear memory formation. Additionally, we describe a design of Fos-Cre-GCaMP transgenic mice to investigate long-term changes of calcium dynamics in neurons captured with Fos-TRAP technique during fear conditioning training.
Databáze: OpenAIRE