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Role of posterior medial thalamus in the modulation of striatal circuitry and choice behavior.

Alex J Yonk, Ivan Linares-García, Logan Pasternak, Sofia E Juliani, Mark A Gradwell, Arlene J George, David J Margolis

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Article in eLife, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  1. Hierarchically and Temporally Distinct CaCNS neuroscience & therapeutics · 2026
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Alex J YonkDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1366-889X
Ivan Linares-GarcíaDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0622-4916
Logan PasternakDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, United States.
Sofia E JulianiDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, United States.
Mark A GradwellDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, United States.
Arlene J GeorgeDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, United States.
David J MargolisDepartment of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2678-4216

Funding

Neural circuit mechanisms underlying cognitive control of sensory-guided behaviorR01NS094450 · NINDS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI David J Margolis · 2016 to 2026
$3.6M
NRSA TrainingTL1TR003019 · NCATS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL/HEALTH SCIENCES-RBHS · PI SCOTTO, KATHLEEN W. · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
POm and its role in striatal circuitry modulationF31NS117093 · NINDS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI YONK, ALEX JOSEPH · 2020 to 2023
$116k
National Science Foundation IOS-1845355NCATS NIH HHS TL1 TR003019NIH HHS F31NS117093NIH HHS NCATS TL1TR003019NIH HHS R01NS094450NINDS NIH HHS F31 NS117093NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS094450
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Abstract

The posterior medial (POm) thalamus is heavily interconnected with sensory and motor circuitry and is likely involved in behavioral modulation and sensorimotor integration. POm provides axonal projections to the dorsal striatum, a hotspot of sensorimotor processing, yet the role of POm-striatal projections has remained undetermined. Using optogenetics with mouse brain slice electrophysiology, we found that POm provides robust synaptic input to direct and indirect pathway striatal spiny projection neurons (D1- and D2-SPNs, respectively) and parvalbumin-expressing fast spiking interneurons (PVs). During the performance of a whisker-based tactile discrimination task in head-restrained mice, POm-striatal projections displayed learning-related activation correlating with anticipatory, but not reward-related, pupil dilation. Inhibition of POm-striatal axons across learning caused slower reaction times and an increase in the number of training sessions for expert performance. Our data indicate that POm-striatal inputs provide a behaviorally relevant arousal-related signal, which may prime striatal circuitry for efficient integration of subsequent choice-related inputs.

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Choice BehaviorCorpus StriatumThalamusAnimalsMaleMiceNeural PathwaysOptogeneticselectrophysiologyfluorophotometrymouseneural circuitryneurosciencepupilstriatumthalamus

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PMID40359003
PMCPMC12074639

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