期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE
卷 35, 期 4, 页码 1354-1367出版社
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1418-14.2015
关键词
landmark; mammillary; navigation; rat; spatial orientation; visual
资金
- NIDCD NIH HHS [F32 DC008481, DC008481] Funding Source: Medline
- NINDS NIH HHS [R01 NS053907, NS053907, R56 NS053907] Funding Source: Medline
The neural representation of directional heading is conveyed by head direction (HD) cells located in an ascending circuit that includes projections from the lateral mammillary nuclei (LMN) to the anterodorsal thalamus (ADN) to the postsubiculum (PoS). The PoS provides return projections to LMN and ADN and is responsible for the landmark control of HD cells in ADN. However, the functional role of the PoS projection to LMN has not been tested. The present study recorded HD cells from LMN after bilateral PoS lesions to determine whether the PoS provides landmark control toLMNHDcells. After the lesion and implantation of electrodes, HDcell activity was recorded while rats navigated within a cylindrical arena containing a single visual landmark or while they navigated between familiar and novel arenas of a dual-chamber apparatus. PoS lesions disrupted the landmark control of HD cells and also disrupted the stability of the preferred firing direction of the cells in darkness. Furthermore, PoS lesions impaired the stable HD cell representation maintained by path integration mechanisms when the rat walked between familiar and novel arenas. These results suggest that visual information first gains control of the HD cell signal in the LMN, presumably via the direct PoS -> LMN projection. This visual landmark information then controls HD cells throughout the HD cell circuit.
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