内侧视前正中核而非伏隔核与杏仁核和眶额前皮质的功能相互作用对于强化物贬值后的适应性反应选择是必需的。
Functional interaction of medial mediodorsal thalamic nucleus but not nucleus accumbens with amygdala and orbital prefrontal cortex is essential for adaptive response selection after reinforcer devaluation.
机构信息
Section on the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Laboratory of Neuropsychology, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4415, USA.
出版信息
J Neurosci. 2010 Jan 13;30(2):661-9. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3795-09.2010.
In nonhuman primates, reward-based decision making may be assessed through choices of objects overlying two different foods, one of which has been devalued by selective satiation. The most adaptive object choices yield the food of higher value. A large body of data identifies the amygdala and orbital prefrontal cortex (PFo) as neural mediators of adaptive responses to reinforcer devaluation. More recent work in nonhuman primates reveals the critical role of the medial, magnocellular portion of the mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus (MDm) as well. Because both the nucleus accumbens (NA) and the MDm are anatomically related to the amygdala and PFo, and because both regions are implicated in reward processing, we tested whether either region necessarily interacts with the amygdala and PFo to mediate reinforcer devaluation effects. We used a crossed-disconnection design in which monkeys received amygdala and PFo lesions in one hemisphere combined with either NA or MDm lesions in the contralateral hemisphere. Monkeys that sustained NA disconnection, like controls, showed robust shifts in object choices in response to reinforcer devaluation. In contrast, monkeys that sustained MDm disconnection failed to adjust their object choices. Thus, MDm, but not NA, works together with the amygdala and PFo to support reward-based decision making.
在非人类灵长类动物中,通过选择覆盖两种不同食物的物体,可以评估基于奖励的决策,其中一种食物已经通过选择性饱和而贬值。最适应的物体选择会产生更高价值的食物。大量数据表明,杏仁核和眶额前皮质(PFo)是对强化物贬值的适应性反应的神经中介。最近在非人类灵长类动物中的研究揭示了丘脑背内侧核(MDm)的中、大细胞部分的关键作用。由于伏隔核(NA)和 MDm 在解剖上都与杏仁核和 PFo 有关,并且这两个区域都与奖励处理有关,因此我们测试了这两个区域是否必须与杏仁核和 PFo 相互作用以介导强化物贬值效应。我们使用了交叉断开连接设计,其中猴子在一侧半球接受杏仁核和 PFo 损伤,同时在对侧半球接受 NA 或 MDm 损伤。与对照组一样,持续 NA 断开的猴子在对强化物贬值的反应中表现出强烈的物体选择转变。相比之下,持续 MDm 断开的猴子未能调整他们的物体选择。因此,MDm 与杏仁核和 PFo 一起工作,支持基于奖励的决策。