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ArticleScientific reports2025

Cell-type specific sensory and motor activity in the cuneiform nucleus and pedunculopontine nucleus in mice.

Cornelis Immanuel van der Zouwen, Andrea Juárez Tello, Jacinthlyn Sylvia Suresh, Juan Duque-Yate, Ted Hsu, Vaibhav Konanur, Joël Boutin, Mitchell F Roitman, Dimitri Ryczko

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Cornelis Immanuel van der ZouwenDépartement de Pharmacologie-Physiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Andrea Juárez Tello *Département de Pharmacologie-Physiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Jacinthlyn Sylvia Suresh *Département de Pharmacologie-Physiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Juan Duque-YateDépartement de Pharmacologie-Physiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Ted HsuDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Vaibhav KonanurDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Joël BoutinDépartement de Pharmacologie-Physiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Mitchell F RoitmanDepartment of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Dimitri RyczkoDépartement de Pharmacologie-Physiologie, Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. dimitri.ryczko@gmail.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The activity of neurotransmitter-based cell types in the cuneiform and pedunculopontine nuclei during locomotion, non-locomotor behaviors, and following sensory stimulation is not fully understood. Using fiber photometry in mice, we found cell-type specific responses to sensory stimuli. Glutamatergic and GABAergic cells responded to sound, visual looming, and air puffs, except for pedunculopontine GABAergic cells, which did not respond to visual looming. Cholinergic cells responded to air puffs. Air puffs triggered high-speed locomotion, whereas visual looming and sound stimuli evoked low-speed locomotion. During air puff-evoked locomotion, cuneiform glutamatergic neuron activity was higher than in trials without locomotion. In contrast, during locomotion evoked by visual looming or sound, activity in pedunculopontine glutamatergic neurons was higher than when no locomotion occurred. In the open-field arena, mice exhibited spontaneous low-speed locomotion during which activity increased in pedunculopontine glutamatergic cells. Activity also increased in a cell type-specific manner during grooming or rearing. Our study shows cell type-specific activity in the cuneiform or pedunculopontine nuclei during locomotion, non-locomotor behaviors, and following sensory stimulation. Sensory responsiveness likely has relevance in Parkinson's disease, where sensory circuits are increasingly targeted to improve walking.

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LocomotionMedulla OblongataMotor ActivityPedunculopontine Tegmental NucleusAnimalsCholinergic NeuronsGABAergic NeuronsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BL

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PMID40594670
PMCPMC12217477

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