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Differential distribution of inhibitory neuron types in subregions of claustrum and dorsal endopiriform nucleus of the short-tailed fruit bat

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BRAIN STRUCTURE & FUNCTION
卷 227, 期 5, 页码 1615-1640

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SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-022-02459-0

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Latexin; Calcium-binding proteins; Calbindin; Calretinin; Parvalbumin; GAD67; Carollia perspicillata

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This study investigated the distribution of calcium-binding proteins in the claustrum and dorsal endopiriform nucleus of the fruit bat. The results showed that the claustrum is more complex than previously thought, with at least four distinct subregions within its shell. Different calcium-binding proteins label different types of neurons in both the claustrum and dorsal endopiriform nucleus, and there are significant differences in inhibitory connectivity between subregions.
Few brain regions have such wide-ranging inputs and outputs as the claustrum does, and fewer have posed equivalent challenges in defining their structural boundaries. We studied the distributions of three calcium-binding proteins-calretinin, parvalbumin, and calbindin-in the claustrum and dorsal endopiriform nucleus of the fruit bat, Carollia perspicillata. The proportionately large sizes of claustrum and dorsal endopiriform nucleus in Carollia brain afford unique access to these structures' intrinsic anatomy. Latexin immunoreactivity permits a separation of claustrum into core and shell subregions and an equivalent separation of dorsal endopiriform nucleus. Using latexin labeling, we found that the claustral shell in Carollia brain can be further subdivided into at least four distinct subregions. Calretinin and parvalbumin immunoreactivity reinforced the boundaries of the claustral core and its shell subregions with diametrically opposite distribution patterns. Calretinin, parvalbumin, and calbindin all colocalized with GAD67, indicating that these proteins label inhibitory neurons in both claustrum and dorsal endopiriform nucleus. Calretinin, however, also colocalized with latexin in a subset of neurons. Confocal microscopy revealed appositions that suggest synaptic contacts between cells labeled for each of the three calcium-binding proteins and latexin-immunoreactive somata in claustrum and dorsal endopiriform nucleus. Our results indicate significant subregional differences in the intrinsic inhibitory connectivity within and between claustrum and dorsal endopiriform nucleus. We conclude that the claustrum is structurally more complex than previously appreciated and that claustral and dorsal endopiriform nucleus subregions are differentially modulated by multiple inhibitory systems. These findings can also account for the excitability differences between claustrum and dorsal endopiriform nucleus described previously.

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