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Differential recruitment of ventral pallidal e-types by behaviorally salient stimuli during Pavlovian conditioning

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ISCIENCE
Volume 24, Issue 4, Pages -

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CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2021.102377

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Funding

  1. ''Lendulet'' Program of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences [LP2015-2/2015]
  2. European Research Council [715043]
  3. Kerpel-Fronius Talent Support Program of Semmelweis University [EFOP-3.6.3.-VEKOP-16-2017-00009]
  4. New National Excellence Program of the Ministry of Innovation and Technology [U NKP-20-3-II]
  5. NKFIH [KH125294, K135561]
  6. European Research Council (ERC) [715043] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)

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The ventral pallidum (VP) acts as an interface between striatopallidal and limbic circuits, conveying information crucial to behavior adjustment. The study showed that VP neuron populations respond to punishment, reward, and outcome-predicting cues, with non-bursting, non-rhythmic neurons being most sensitive to reinforcement signals. Different responses of bursts and single spikes in some neurons suggest a multiplexed coding scheme in the VP.
The ventral pallidum (VP) is interfacing striatopallidal and limbic circuits, conveying information about salience and valence crucial to adjusting behavior. However, how VP neuron populations with distinct electrophysiological properties (e-types) represent these variables is not fully understood. Therefore, we trained mice on probabilistic Pavlovian conditioning while recording the activity of VP neurons. Many VP neurons responded to punishment (54%), reward (48%), and outcome-predicting auditory stimuli (32%), increasingly differentiating distinct outcome probabilities through learning. We identified e-types based on the presence of bursts or fast rhythmic discharges and found that non-bursting, non-rhythmic neurons were the most sensitive to reward and punishment. Some neurons exhibited distinct responses of their bursts and single spikes, suggesting a multiplexed coding scheme in the VP. Finally, we demonstrate synchronously firing neuron assemblies, particularly responsive to reinforcing stimuli. These results suggest that electrophysiologically defined e-types of the VP differentially participate in transmitting reinforcement signals during learning.

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