Attenuated dopamine signaling after aversive learning is restored by ketamine to rescue escape actions

Escaping aversive stimuli is essential for complex organisms, but prolonged exposure to stress leads to maladaptive learning. Stress alters neuronal activity and neuromodulatory signaling in distributed networks, modifying behavior. Here, we describe changes in dopaminergic neuron activity and signa...

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Autores principales: Mingzheng Wu, Samuel Minkowicz, Vasin Dumrongprechachan, Pauline Hamilton, Lei Xiao, Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:09407d483e4f4aacbb9ca3606361d8692021-11-25T14:36:31ZAttenuated dopamine signaling after aversive learning is restored by ketamine to rescue escape actions10.7554/eLife.640412050-084Xe64041https://doaj.org/article/09407d483e4f4aacbb9ca3606361d8692021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://elifesciences.org/articles/64041https://doaj.org/toc/2050-084XEscaping aversive stimuli is essential for complex organisms, but prolonged exposure to stress leads to maladaptive learning. Stress alters neuronal activity and neuromodulatory signaling in distributed networks, modifying behavior. Here, we describe changes in dopaminergic neuron activity and signaling following aversive learning in a learned helplessness paradigm in mice. A single dose of ketamine suffices to restore escape behavior after aversive learning. Dopaminergic neuron activity in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) systematically varies across learning, correlating with future sensitivity to ketamine treatment. Ketamine’s effects are blocked by chemogenetic inhibition of dopamine signaling. Rather than directly altering the activity of dopaminergic neurons, ketamine appears to rescue dopamine dynamics through actions in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Chemogenetic activation of Drd1 receptor positive mPFC neurons mimics ketamine’s effects on behavior. Together, our data link neuromodulatory dynamics in mPFC-VTA circuits, aversive learning, and the effects of ketamine.Mingzheng WuSamuel MinkowiczVasin DumrongprechachanPauline HamiltonLei XiaoYevgenia KozorovitskiyeLife Sciences Publications Ltdarticledopamineaversive learningketaminemPFCVTAMedicineRScienceQBiology (General)QH301-705.5ENeLife, Vol 10 (2021)
institution DOAJ
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topic dopamine
aversive learning
ketamine
mPFC
VTA
Medicine
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Science
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Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
spellingShingle dopamine
aversive learning
ketamine
mPFC
VTA
Medicine
R
Science
Q
Biology (General)
QH301-705.5
Mingzheng Wu
Samuel Minkowicz
Vasin Dumrongprechachan
Pauline Hamilton
Lei Xiao
Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy
Attenuated dopamine signaling after aversive learning is restored by ketamine to rescue escape actions
description Escaping aversive stimuli is essential for complex organisms, but prolonged exposure to stress leads to maladaptive learning. Stress alters neuronal activity and neuromodulatory signaling in distributed networks, modifying behavior. Here, we describe changes in dopaminergic neuron activity and signaling following aversive learning in a learned helplessness paradigm in mice. A single dose of ketamine suffices to restore escape behavior after aversive learning. Dopaminergic neuron activity in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) systematically varies across learning, correlating with future sensitivity to ketamine treatment. Ketamine’s effects are blocked by chemogenetic inhibition of dopamine signaling. Rather than directly altering the activity of dopaminergic neurons, ketamine appears to rescue dopamine dynamics through actions in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC). Chemogenetic activation of Drd1 receptor positive mPFC neurons mimics ketamine’s effects on behavior. Together, our data link neuromodulatory dynamics in mPFC-VTA circuits, aversive learning, and the effects of ketamine.
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author Mingzheng Wu
Samuel Minkowicz
Vasin Dumrongprechachan
Pauline Hamilton
Lei Xiao
Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy
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Samuel Minkowicz
Vasin Dumrongprechachan
Pauline Hamilton
Lei Xiao
Yevgenia Kozorovitskiy
author_sort Mingzheng Wu
title Attenuated dopamine signaling after aversive learning is restored by ketamine to rescue escape actions
title_short Attenuated dopamine signaling after aversive learning is restored by ketamine to rescue escape actions
title_full Attenuated dopamine signaling after aversive learning is restored by ketamine to rescue escape actions
title_fullStr Attenuated dopamine signaling after aversive learning is restored by ketamine to rescue escape actions
title_full_unstemmed Attenuated dopamine signaling after aversive learning is restored by ketamine to rescue escape actions
title_sort attenuated dopamine signaling after aversive learning is restored by ketamine to rescue escape actions
publisher eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/09407d483e4f4aacbb9ca3606361d869
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