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Ventral hippocampus mediates the context-dependence of two-way signaled avoidance in male rats
Neurobiology of Learning and Memory ( IF 2.7 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-18 , DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2021.107458
Cecily R Oleksiak 1 , Karthik R Ramanathan 1 , Olivia W Miles 2 , Sarah J Perry 2 , Stephen Maren 1 , Justin M Moscarello 1
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Considerable work indicates that instrumental responding is context-dependent, but the neural mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are poorly understood. Given the important role for the hippocampal formation in contextual processing, we hypothesized that reversible inactivation of the hippocampus would impair the context-dependence of active avoidance. To test this hypothesis, we used a two-way signaled active avoidance (SAA) task that requires rats to shuttle across a divided chamber during a tone CS in order to avoid a footshock US. After training, avoidance responding was assessed in an extinction test in both the training context and a novel context in a counterbalanced order. Rats performed significantly more avoidance responses in the training context than in the novel context, demonstrating the context-dependence of shuttle avoidance behavior. To examine the role of the hippocampus in the context-dependence of SAA, we reversibly inactivated either the dorsal (DH) or ventral hippocampus (VH) prior to testing. Inactivation of the VH eliminated the context-dependence of SAA and elevated avoidance responding in the novel context to levels similar to that expressed in the training context. In contrast, DH inactivation had no effect on avoidance in either context, and neither manipulation affected freezing behavior. Therefore, the integrity of the VH, but not DH, is required for the expression of the context-dependence of avoidance behavior.



中文翻译:

腹侧海马介导雄性大鼠双向信号回避的环境依赖性

大量工作表明,工具性反应是依赖于上下文的,但对这种现象背后的神经机制知之甚少。鉴于海马体形成在情境处理中的重要作用,我们假设海马体的可逆失活会损害主动回避的情境依赖性。为了验证这一假设,我们使用了双向信号主动回避 (SAA) 任务,该任务要求大鼠在音 CS 期间穿梭穿过分开的腔室,以避免美国电击。训练后,在训练环境和新环境中以平衡的顺序在消退测试中评估回避反应。大鼠在训练环境中比在新环境中表现出更多的回避反应,证明穿梭回避行为的上下文依赖性。为了检查海马在 SAA 的上下文依赖性中的作用,我们在测试前可逆地灭活了背侧 (DH) 或腹侧海马 (VH)。VH 的失活消除了 SAA 的上下文依赖性,并将新上下文中的回避反应提高到与训练上下文中表达的水平相似的水平。相比之下,DH 失活对任何一种情况下的回避都没有影响,并且两种操作都不会影响冻结行为。因此,表达回避行为的上下文相关性需要 VH 的完整性,而不是 DH 的完整性。VH 的失活消除了 SAA 的上下文依赖性,并将新上下文中的回避反应提高到与训练上下文中表达的水平相似的水平。相比之下,DH 失活对任何一种情况下的回避都没有影响,并且两种操作都不会影响冻结行为。因此,表达回避行为的上下文相关性需要 VH 的完整性,而不是 DH 的完整性。VH 的失活消除了 SAA 的上下文依赖性,并将新上下文中的回避反应提高到与训练上下文中表达的水平相似的水平。相比之下,DH 失活对任何一种情况下的回避都没有影响,并且两种操作都不会影响冻结行为。因此,表达回避行为的上下文相关性需要 VH 的完整性,而不是 DH 的完整性。

更新日期:2021-05-26
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