Physics for Medicine Paris, INSERM, ESPCI Paris, CNRS, PSL Research University, Paris 70015, France.
PICNIC Lab, Inserm U 1127, ICM, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, Paris F-75013, France.
J Neurosci. 2024 Mar 20;44(12):e0909232023. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0909-23.2023.
The quest to decode the complex supraspinal mechanisms that integrate cutaneous thermal information in the central system is still ongoing. The dorsal horn of the spinal cord is the first hub that encodes thermal input which is then transmitted to brain regions via the spinothalamic and thalamocortical pathways. So far, our knowledge about the strength of the interplay between the brain regions during thermal processing is limited. To address this question, we imaged the brains of adult awake male mice in resting state using functional ultrasound imaging during plantar exposure to constant and varying temperatures. Our study reveals for the first time the following: (1) a dichotomy in the response of the somatomotor-cingulate cortices and the hypothalamus, which was never described before, due to the lack of appropriate tools to study such regions with both good spatial and temporal resolutions. (2) We infer that cingulate areas may be involved in the affective responses to temperature changes. (3) Colder temperatures (ramped down) reinforce the disconnection between the somatomotor-cingulate and hypothalamus networks. (4) Finally, we also confirm the existence in the mouse brain of a brain mode characterized by low cognitive strength present more frequently at resting neutral temperature. The present study points toward the existence of a common hub between somatomotor and cingulate regions, whereas hypothalamus functions are related to a secondary network.
探索中枢神经系统整合皮肤热信息的复杂上位机制的研究仍在进行中。脊髓背角是编码热输入的第一个枢纽,然后通过脊髓丘脑束和丘脑皮质束将其传递到大脑区域。到目前为止,我们对大脑区域在热处理过程中相互作用的强度的了解还很有限。为了解决这个问题,我们在成年雄性小鼠清醒状态下使用功能超声成像技术,在足底暴露于恒定和变化的温度下对其进行了静息状态下的大脑成像。我们的研究首次揭示了以下几点:(1)由于缺乏适当的工具来研究这些具有良好空间和时间分辨率的区域,躯体运动-扣带回皮质和下丘脑的反应出现二分法,这在以前从未被描述过。(2)我们推断扣带区域可能参与对温度变化的情感反应。(3)较低的温度(逐渐降低)加强了躯体运动-扣带回和下丘脑网络之间的断开。(4)最后,我们还在小鼠大脑中证实了存在一种以低认知强度为特征的大脑模式,这种模式在静息中性温度下更为常见。本研究表明躯体运动和扣带区域之间存在一个共同的枢纽,而下丘脑的功能则与一个次级网络有关。
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