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ArticleCell reports2024

Experience-dependent information routing through the basolateral amygdala shapes behavioral outcomes.

Pantelis Antonoudiou, Bradly T Stone, Phillip L W Colmers, Aidan Evans-Strong, Eric Teboul, Najah L Walton, Grant L Weiss, Jamie Maguire

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Article in Cell reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Pantelis AntonoudiouDepartment of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Bradly T StoneDepartment of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Phillip L W ColmersDepartment of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Aidan Evans-StrongDepartment of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Eric TeboulNeuroscience Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Najah L WaltonNeuroscience Program, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Grant L WeissDepartment of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Jamie MaguireDepartment of Neuroscience, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: jamie.maguire@tufts.edu.

Funding

Neuroactive steroids as novel psychiatric treatments: mechanistic studiesP50MH122379 · NIMH · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI EVERS, ALEX S. · 2021 to 2025
$12.2M
Investigating the pathological consequences of seizure-induced activation of the HPA axisR01NS102937 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI Jamie Lynn Maguire · 2017 to 2026
$4.2M
Stress-induced impairments in endogenous neurosteroid signaling in the BLA negatively impacts network and behavioral statesR01MH128235 · NIMH · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI MAGUIRE, JAMIE LYNN · 2021 to 2025
$2.5M
Interneurons tune the neural circuits mediating the anxiolytic effects of alcoholR01AA026256 · NIAAA · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI MAGUIRE, JAMIE LYNN · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Disruption in the network communication of safety in epilepsy with comorbid anxietyR01NS105628 · NINDS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI MAGUIRE, JAMIE LYNN · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA026256NIMH NIH HHS P50 MH122379NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH128235NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS102937NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS105628
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is well established that the basolateral amygdala (BLA) is an emotional processing hub that governs a diverse repertoire of behaviors. Selective engagement of a heterogeneous cell population in the BLA is thought to contribute to this flexibility in behavioral outcomes. However, whether this process is impacted by previous experiences that influence emotional processing remains unclear. Here we demonstrate that previous positive (enriched environment [EE]) or negative (chronic unpredictable stress [CUS]) experiences differentially influence the activity of populations of BLA principal neurons projecting to either the nucleus accumbens core or bed nucleus of the stria terminalis. Chemogenetic manipulation of these projection-specific neurons can mimic or occlude the effects of CUS and EE on behavioral outcomes to bidirectionally control avoidance behaviors and stress-induced helplessness. These data demonstrate that previous experiences influence the responsiveness of projection-specific BLA principal neurons, biasing information routing through the BLA, to drive divergent behavioral outcomes.

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Basolateral Nuclear ComplexBehavior, AnimalAnimalsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeuronsNucleus AccumbensSeptal NucleiStress, Psychologicalavoidance behaviorsbasolateral amygdalabed nucleus of the stria terminaliscircuitsCP: Neuroscienceensemblesnucleus accumbensstressstress-induced helplessness

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PMCPMC11330675

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