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NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
卷 24, 期 6, 页码 831-842出版社
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DOI: 10.1038/s41593-021-00828-2
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资金
- NIH [R01 NS113124]
- Searle Scholars Award
- Klingenstein-Simons fellowship
- Brain Research Foundation
- Packard Foundation fellowship
- McKnight Scholar Award
- Keck Foundation Award
- Vallee Scholars Award
- Mallinckrodt Scholar Award
- Marion Bowen postdoctoral grant
The study demonstrates that adult mice of both sexes exhibit robust reinforcement of social interaction. Through targeted manipulations, GABAergic neurons in the medial amygdala are found to play a crucial role in promoting the positive reinforcement of social interaction. Additionally, these neurons mediate social reinforcement behavior by projecting to the medial preoptic area and enhancing dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens.
Social interactions and relationships are often associated with a rewarding experience. Hu et al. show that mice display positive reinforcement of social interaction, and they identify an amygdala-to-hypothalamus circuit in mediating this social reward. Social interactions and relationships are often rewarding, but the neural mechanisms through which social interaction drives positive experience remain poorly understood. In this study, we developed an automated operant conditioning system to measure social reward in mice and found that adult mice of both sexes display robust reinforcement of social interaction. Through cell-type-specific manipulations, we identified a crucial role for GABAergic neurons in the medial amygdala (MeA) in promoting the positive reinforcement of social interaction. Moreover, MeA GABAergic neurons mediate social reinforcement behavior through their projections to the medial preoptic area (MPOA) and promote dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens. Finally, activation of this MeA-to-MPOA circuit can robustly overcome avoidance behavior. Together, these findings establish the MeA as a key node for regulating social reward in both sexes, providing new insights into the regulation of social reward beyond the classic mesolimbic reward system.
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