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ArticleCerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991)2020

Dissociable and Paradoxical Roles of Rat Medial and Lateral Orbitofrontal Cortex in Visual Serial Reversal Learning.

M E Hervig, L Fiddian, L Piilgaard, T Božič, M Blanco-Pozo, C Knudsen, S F Olesen, J Alsiö, T W Robbins

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Article in Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. : 1991), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

M E HervigDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
L FiddianDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
L PiilgaardDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
T BožičDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
M Blanco-PozoDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
C KnudsenDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
S F OlesenDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
J AlsiöDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
T W RobbinsDepartment of Psychology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
University of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Copenhagen · DK

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research CouncilWellcome TrustWellcome Trust 104631/Z/14/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Much evidence suggests that reversal learning is mediated by cortico-striatal circuitries with the orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) playing a prominent role. The OFC is a functionally heterogeneous region, but potential differential roles of lateral (lOFC) and medial (mOFC) portions in visual reversal learning have yet to be determined. We investigated the effects of pharmacological inactivation of mOFC and lOFC on a deterministic serial visual reversal learning task for rats. For reference, we also targeted other areas previously implicated in reversal learning: prelimbic (PrL) and infralimbic (IL) prefrontal cortex, and basolateral amygdala (BLA). Inactivating mOFC and lOFC produced opposite effects; lOFC impairing, and mOFC improving, performance in the early, perseverative phase specifically. Additionally, mOFC inactivation enhanced negative feedback sensitivity, while lOFC inactivation diminished feedback sensitivity in general. mOFC and lOFC inactivation also affected novel visual discrimination learning differently; lOFC inactivation paradoxically improved learning, and mOFC inactivation had no effect. We also observed dissociable roles of the OFC and the IL/PrL. Whereas the OFC inactivation affected only perseveration, IL/PrL inactivation improved learning overall. BLA inactivation did not affect perseveration, but improved the late phase of reversal learning. These results support opponent roles of the rodent mOFC and lOFC in deterministic visual reversal learning.

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AnimalsBasolateral Nuclear ComplexChoice BehaviorMalePrefrontal CortexRatsReversal LearningRewardVisual Perceptionamygdalaorbitofrontal cortexprefrontal cortexreversal learningmvisual discrimination

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PMID31343680
PMCPMC7132932
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