bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 26, 2024
Abstract
Neural
activity
across
the
dorsal
neocortex
of
rodents
is
dominated
by
orofacial
and
limb
movements,
irrespective
whether
movements
are
task-relevant
or
task-irrelevant.
To
examine
extent
to
which
a
primitive
cognitive
signal,
i.e.,
reward
expectancy,
modulate
multiple
cortical
areas
in
primates,
we
conducted
unprecedented
wide-field
one-photon
calcium
imaging
frontoparietal
auditory
cortices
common
marmosets
while
they
performed
classical
conditioning
task
with
two
cues
associated
different
probabilities.
Licking,
eye
movement,
hand
movement
strongly
modulated
neuronal
after
cue
presentation
motor
somatosensory
accordance
somatotopy.
By
contrast,
posterior
parietal
cortex
primary
did
not
show
much
influence
from
licking.
Licking
increased
caudal
part
premotor
cortex,
but
decreased
central
lateral
parts
rostral
(PMdr).
Reward
expectancy
that
was
separable
both
spontaneous
goal-directed
mainly
represented
medial
PMdr.
Our
results
suggest
on
primate
varies
types,
processes
information
ways
within
further
subdivided
areas.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 14, 2023
Summary
Sensorimotor
learning
requires
reorganization
of
neuronal
activity
in
the
premotor
cortex
(PM)
and
primary
motor
(M1).
However,
how
PM-
M1-specific
occurs
primates
remains
unclear.
We
conducted
calcium
imaging
these
areas
common
marmosets
while
they
learned
a
two-target
reaching
(pull/push)
task.
Throughout
learning,
dorsorostral
PM
(PMdr)
showed
peak
earlier
than
dorsocaudal
(PMdc)
M1.
PMdr
decreased
representation
newly
introduced
(push)
movement,
whereas
PMdc
M1
maintained
high
representation.
Many
task-related
neurons
exhibited
strong
preference
to
either
movement
direction.
dynamically
switched
their
preferred
direction,
stably
retained
Differences
direction
between
adjacent
increased
during
learning.
These
results
suggest
that
primate
sensorimotor
dynamic
converts
cognitive
signals
stable
specific
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 3, 2024
Abstract
Reward-seeking
behavior
is
frequently
associated
with
risk
of
punishment.
There
are
two
types
punishment:
positive,
resulting
in
an
unpleasant
outcome,
and
negative,
omission
a
reinforcing
outcome.
Although
the
medial
prefrontal
cortex
(mPFC)
important
avoiding
punishment,
whether
it
for
both
positive
negative
punishment
how
contributes
to
such
avoidance
not
clear.
In
this
study,
we
trained
male
mice
perform
decision-making
tasks
under
risks
(air-puff
stimulus)
(reward
omission)
We
found
that
pharmacological
inactivation
mPFC
enhanced
reward-seeking
choice
but
reinforcement
learning
models,
behavioral
change
was
well-explained
by
hypersensitivity
reward,
rather
than
decrease
strength
aversion
Our
results
suggest
suppresses
reducing
sensitivity
reward
Wellcome Open Research,
Год журнала:
2023,
Номер
8, С. 451 - 451
Опубликована: Окт. 12, 2023
Frontal
area
MOs
(secondary
motor
area)
is
a
key
brain
structure
in
rodents
for
making
decisions
based
on
sensory
evidence
and
reward
value.
Its
neurons
can
encode
stimuli,
upcoming
choices,
expected
rewards,
ongoing
actions,
recent
outcomes.
However,
the
information
encoded,
nature
of
resulting
code,
may
depend
task
being
performed.
We
recorded
population
activity
using
two-photon
calcium
imaging,
requiring
mice
to
integrate
with
Mice
turned
wheel
report
location
visual
stimulus
following
delay
period,
receive
whose
size
varied
over
trial
blocks.
encoded
multiple
variables,
but
not
all
those
seen
other
tasks.
In
strongly
side
did
significantly
reward-size
block.
A
correlation
choice
could
be
explained
by
common
effect
stimuli
two
correlates.
After
turn
feedback,
outcome
jointly
nonlinearly
according
an
exclusive-or
(XOR)
operation.
This
nonlinear
operation
would
allow
downstream
linear
decoder
infer
correct
(i.e.,
that
have
been
rewarded)
even
zero
contrast
trials,
when
there
had
no
visible
stimulus.
These
results
indicate
flexibly
some
variables
determine
behavior,
depending
task.
Moreover,
they
reveal
reflect
combination
these
behavioral
allowing
simple
inference
events
directly
observable.
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory),
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Авг. 26, 2024
Abstract
Neural
activity
across
the
dorsal
neocortex
of
rodents
is
dominated
by
orofacial
and
limb
movements,
irrespective
whether
movements
are
task-relevant
or
task-irrelevant.
To
examine
extent
to
which
a
primitive
cognitive
signal,
i.e.,
reward
expectancy,
modulate
multiple
cortical
areas
in
primates,
we
conducted
unprecedented
wide-field
one-photon
calcium
imaging
frontoparietal
auditory
cortices
common
marmosets
while
they
performed
classical
conditioning
task
with
two
cues
associated
different
probabilities.
Licking,
eye
movement,
hand
movement
strongly
modulated
neuronal
after
cue
presentation
motor
somatosensory
accordance
somatotopy.
By
contrast,
posterior
parietal
cortex
primary
did
not
show
much
influence
from
licking.
Licking
increased
caudal
part
premotor
cortex,
but
decreased
central
lateral
parts
rostral
(PMdr).
Reward
expectancy
that
was
separable
both
spontaneous
goal-directed
mainly
represented
medial
PMdr.
Our
results
suggest
on
primate
varies
types,
processes
information
ways
within
further
subdivided
areas.