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NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 12, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-26275-y
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- Federation pour la Recherche sur le Cerveau
- Region Ile-de-France DIM NeRF
- France-BioImaging
- CNRS
- Ecole Normale Superieure
- Association Nationale pour la Recherche [ANR -15-CE16-0013, ANR-17-CE16-0006, ANR-19-CE16-0029]
- Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale [DEQ2000326472, ANR-10-LABX-54, ANR-11-IDEX-0001-02]
- Region Ile-de-France
- INSERM
- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR) [ANR-17-CE16-0006, ANR-15-CE16-0013, ANR-19-CE16-0029] Funding Source: Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR)
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The study uncovers two nuclei, IRt(Phox2b) and Peri5(Atoh1), in the brainstem of mice that can organize the movements for ingesting fluids. These neuronal groups pre-motor all jaw-opening and tongue muscles, revealing one of the subcortical nuclei underpinning a stereotyped feeding behavior.
It has long been known that orofacial movements for feeding can be triggered, coordinated, and often rhythmically organized at the level of the brainstem, without input from higher centers. We uncover two nuclei that can organize the movements for ingesting fluids in mice. These neuronal groups, IRt(Phox2b) and Peri5(Atoh1), are marked by expression of the pan-autonomic homeobox gene Phox2b and are located, respectively, in the intermediate reticular formation of the medulla and around the motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve. They are premotor to all jaw-opening and tongue muscles. Stimulation of either, in awake animals, opens the jaw, while IRt(Phox2b) alone also protracts the tongue. Moreover, stationary stimulation of IRt(Phox2b) entrains a rhythmic alternation of tongue protraction and retraction, synchronized with jaw opening and closing, that mimics lapping. Finally, fiber photometric recordings show that IRt(Phox2b) is active during volitional lapping. Our study identifies one of the subcortical nuclei underpinning a stereotyped feeding behavior. Orofacial movements for feeding can be triggered, coordinated and rhythmically organised at the level of the brainstem. Here, the authors show two nuclei can organise the stereotyped movements for ingesting fluids in mammals, these neuronal groups are marked by expression of Phox2b and are located in the intermediate reticular formation of the medulla and around the motor nucleus of the trigeminal nerve.
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