• 제목/요약/키워드: Lateral Prefrontal Cortex

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Projections from the Prefrontal Cortex to the Dorsal Raphe Nucleus of the Rat

  • Lee, Hyun S.;Kim, Myung-A
    • Animal cells and systems
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    • 제6권2호
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    • pp.159-165
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    • 2002
  • Projections from the prefrontal cortex to subdivisions of the dorsal raphe nucleus were investigated in the rat using retrograde and anterograde tracing methods. A retrograde tracer, gold-conjugated horseradish peroxidase (WGA-apo-HRP-gold), was injected into each subdivision of the dorsal raphe including lateral wing, dorsomedial, and ventromedial areas. The majority of retrogradely labeled cells were located in the prelimbic, infralim-bic, and dorsal peduncular areas of the medial prefrontal cortex. A few cells were also identified in the cingulate, various regions of the orbital, and agranular insular cortices. Secondly, an anterograde tracer, Phaseolus vulgaris leucoagglutinin (PHA-L), was injected into the medial prefrontal cortex involving the prelimbic or infralimbic areas. Axonal fibers with varicosities were identified in all subdivisions of the DR including the lateral wing, dorsomedial, and ventromedial areas. Projections were bilateral, with ipsilateral predominance. Axonal fibers were observed at the lateral border of medial longitudinal fasciculus or in the interfascicular region at the midline. The present findings demonstrate that both the midline and lateral wing regions of the dorsal raphe nucleus receive excitatory input from cognitive and emotional centers of the cerebral cortex.

Estimation of Reward Probability in the Fronto-parietal Functional Network: An fMRI Study

  • Shin, Yeonsoon;Kim, Hye-young;Min, Seokyoung;Han, Sanghoon
    • 감성과학
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    • 제20권4호
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    • pp.101-112
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    • 2017
  • We investigated the neural representation of reward probability recognition and its neural connectivity with other regions of the brain. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), we used a simple guessing task with different probabilities of obtaining rewards across trials to assay local and global regions processing reward probability. The results of whole brain analysis demonstrated that lateral prefrontal cortex, inferior parietal lobe, and postcentral gyrus were activated during probability-based decision making. Specifically, the higher the expected value was, the more these regions were activated. Fronto-parietal connectivity, comprising inferior parietal regions and right lateral prefrontal cortex, conjointly engaged during high reward probability recognition compared to low reward condition, regardless of whether the reward information was extrinsically presented. Finally, the result of a regression analysis identified that cortico-subcortical connectivity was strengthened during the high reward anticipation for the subjects with higher cognitive impulsivity. Our findings demonstrate that interregional functional involvement is involved in valuation based on reward probability and that personality trait such as cognitive impulsivity plays a role in modulating the connectivity among different brain regions.

Dysfunctional Social Reinforcement Processing in Disruptive Behavior Disorders: An Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

  • Hwang, Soonjo;Meffert, Harma;VanTieghem, Michelle R.;Sinclair, Stephen;Bookheimer, Susan Y.;Vaughan, Brigette;Blair, R.J.R.
    • Clinical Psychopharmacology and Neuroscience
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    • 제16권4호
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    • pp.449-460
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    • 2018
  • Objective: Prior functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) work has revealed that children/adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders (DBDs) show dysfunctional reward/non-reward processing of non-social reinforcements in the context of instrumental learning tasks. Neural responsiveness to social reinforcements during instrumental learning, despite the importance of this for socialization, has not yet been previously investigated. Methods: Twenty-nine healthy children/adolescents and 19 children/adolescents with DBDs performed the fMRI social/non-social reinforcement learning task. Participants responded to random fractal image stimuli and received social and non-social rewards/non-rewards according to their accuracy. Results: Children/adolescents with DBDs showed significantly reduced responses within the caudate and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC) to non-social (financial) rewards and social non-rewards (the distress of others). Connectivity analyses revealed that children/adolescents with DBDs have decreased positive functional connectivity between the ventral striatum (VST) and the ventromedial prefrontal cortex (vmPFC) seeds and the lateral frontal cortex in response to reward relative to non-reward, irrespective of its sociality. In addition, they showed decreased positive connectivity between the vmPFC seed and the amygdala in response to non-reward relative to reward. Conclusion: These data indicate compromised reinforcement processing of both non-social rewards and social non-rewards in children/adolescents with DBDs within core regions for instrumental learning and reinforcement-based decision-making (caudate and PCC). In addition, children/adolescents with DBDs show dysfunctional interactions between the VST, vmPFC, and lateral frontal cortex in response to rewarded instrumental actions potentially reflecting disruptions in attention to rewarded stimuli.

Layer-specific serotonergic induction of long-term depression in the prefrontal cortex of rats

  • Shin, Dongchul;Cho, Kwang-Hyun;Joo, Kayoung;Rhie, Duck-Joo
    • The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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    • 제24권6호
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    • pp.517-527
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    • 2020
  • Layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons (L2/3 PyNs) of the cortex extend their basal dendrites near the soma and as apical dendritic tufts in layer 1, which mainly receive feedforward and feedback inputs, respectively. It is suggested that neuromodulators such as serotonin and acetylcholine may regulate the information flow between brain structures depending on the brain state. However, little is known about the dendritic compartment-specific induction of synaptic transmission in single PyNs. Here, we studied layer-specific serotonergic and cholinergic induction of long-term synaptic plasticity in L2/3 PyNs of the agranular insular cortex, a lateral component of the orbitofrontal cortex. Using FM1-43 dye unloading, we verified that local electrical stimulation to layers 1 (L1) and 3 (L3) activated axon terminals mostly located in L1 and perisomatic area (L2/3). Independent and AMPA receptor-mediated excitatory postsynaptic potential was evoked by local electrical stimulation of either L1 or L3. Application of serotonin (5-HT, 10 μM) induced activity-dependent longterm depression (LTD) in L2/3 but not in L1 inputs. LTD induced by 5-HT was blocked by the 5-HT2 receptor antagonist ketanserin, an NMDA receptor antagonist and by intracellular Ca2+ chelation. The 5-HT2 receptor agonist α-me-5-HT mimicked the LTD induced by 5-HT. However, the application of carbachol induced muscarinic receptor-dependent LTD in both inputs. The differential layer-specific induction of LTD by neuromodulators might play an important role in information processing mechanism of the prefrontal cortex.

Imipramine Ameliorates Depressive Symptoms by Blocking Differential Alteration of Dendritic Spine Structure in Amygdala and Prefrontal Cortex of Chronic Stress-Induced Mice

  • Leem, Yea-Hyun;Yoon, Sang-Sun;Jo, Sangmee Ahn
    • Biomolecules & Therapeutics
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    • 제28권3호
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    • pp.230-239
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    • 2020
  • Previous studies have shown disrupted synaptic plasticity and neural activity in depression. Such alteration is strongly associated with disrupted synaptic structures. Chronic stress has been known to induce changes in dendritic structure in the basolateral amygdala (BLA) and medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC), but antidepressant effect on structure of these brain areas has been unclear. Here, the effects of imipramine on dendritic spine density and morphology in BLA and mPFC subregions of stressed mice were examined. Chronic restraint stress caused depressive-like behaviors such as enhanced social avoidance and despair level coincident with differential changes in dendritic spine structure. Chronic stress enhanced dendritic spine density in the lateral nucleus of BLA with no significant change in the basal nucleus of BLA, and altered the proportion of stubby or mushroom spines in both subregions. Conversely, in the apical and basal mPFC, chronic stress caused a significant reduction in spine density. The proportion of stubby or mushroom spines in these subregions overall reduced while the proportion of thin spines increased after repeated stress. Interestingly, most of these structural alterations by chronic stress were reversed by imipramine. In addition, structural changes caused by stress and blocking the changes by imipramine were corelated well with altered activation and expression of synaptic plasticity-promoting molecules such as phospho-CREB, phospho-CAMKII, and PSD-95. Collectively, our data suggest that imipramine modulates stress-induced changes in synaptic structure and synaptic plasticity-promoting molecules in a coordinated manner although structural and molecular alterations induced by stress are distinct in the BLA and mPFC.

이마앞겉질을 제거시킨 흰쥐 앞뇌의 바닥핵무리에서 변성축삭종말의 미세구조연구 (Ultrastructure of Degenerating Axon Terminals in the Basal Forebrain Nuclei of the Rat following Prefrontal Decortication)

  • 안병준;고정식;안의태
    • Applied Microscopy
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    • 제35권3호
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    • pp.135-152
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    • 2005
  • 중추신경계통에서도 최고중추인 이마앞겉질 (prefrontal cortex)은 거의 모든 대뇌겉질과 연결되어 있어서 대뇌겉질 각 부분에 저장된 감각, 운동, 언어... 등 모든 정보를 받을 뿐만 아니라, 앞뇌의 바닥핵들 (basal forebrain nuclei)을 비롯한 많은 신경핵들과도 연결되어 있어서 생체 내부환경과 본능에 관한 정보도 받아드린다. 이들 연결을 통해서 이마앞겉질은 변연계통의 본능, 감정, 기억, 학습기능과 줄무늬체계통의 적절한 표현, 대응, 절차기억, 운동조절기능들을 연계하고 조정한다. 앞뇌의 바닥핵들(꼬리핵 caudate nucleus, 줄무늬체바닥핵 fundus striati nucleus, 중격옆핵 accumbens septi nucleus, 중격핵 septal nucleus)도 역시 변연계통과 줄무늬체계통 사이에서 해부학적으로나 기능적으로도 교차기능이 있는 것으로 알려져 있다. 이 실험은 흰쥐의 이마앞겉질은 제거한 다음, 앞쪽 앞뇌의 바닥핵들에서 변성종말들이 있는지 여부와 그 미세구조를 관찰하려고 시행했다. $250{\sim}300g$된 흰쥐를 실험동물로 이용하였으며, 흰쥐들을 정상군, 대조군, 수술군으로 구분하였다. 수술군은 마취시킨 다음, 뇌수술장치에 고정시키고, 머리피부를 절개한 다음, 이마뼈에 구멍을 만들고, 이 구멍을 통해 이마앞겉질을 흡인하여 제거했다. 대조군은 이마뼈에 구멍을 만드는 과정까지만 실행하였고, 정상군은 아무조치도 취하지 않았다. 수술 후 2일 경과 후에 전자현미경 관찰을 위해 1% glutaraldehyde-1% paraldehyde 혼합액 (pH 7.4)에 1차 고정하였고, 뇌를 적출하여 고정액에 냉장시켰다가, 다음날 해당 신경핵을 적출하여 2차 고정액 (2% osmium tetroxide액)에 고정하였다. Araldite 혼합액에 포매하여 ultratome-V로 자른 절편은 4% uranyl acetate와 2.7% lead citrate로 염색하여 JEM 100CX-II 전자현미경으로 관찰하였다. 관찰결과 네 신경핵에서 모두 변성 축삭종말이 관찰되었는데, 출현비율은 상당한 차이를 보여서 가장 변성이 심한 신경핵은 꼬리핵 이었고, 다음은 줄무늬체바닥핵, 중격옆핵, 중격핵의 순서였다. 변성축삭종말이 각 부위에서 연접하는 모양을 비교한 결과 꼬리핵과 줄무늬체바닥핵에서는 모두 가지돌기가시(dendritic spine)에 연접하였으나, 중격옆핵과 중격핵에서는 가지돌기 (dendrite)에 연접하는 것과 가지돌기가시에 연접하는 것이 혼재하였다. 이들 두 신경핵 무리는 이마앞겉질에서 기원하는 축삭종말의 연접차이로 볼 때 서로 다른 회로계통에 속할 것으로 생각되며, 문헌고찰을 통해서 꼬리핵과 줄무늬체바닥핵은 줄무늬체회로 (striatal circuit)에 속하고 중격옆핵과 중격핵은 변연계통회로(limbic circuit)에 속할 것으로 판정했다. 이마앞겉질은 생리적, 약리적, 신경학적 및 형태학적 근거들로 보아 바닥핵들을 통해 변연계통과 대뇌겉질 전체에 영향을 미칠 것으로 여겨지는데, 본 실험에서는 네 종류의 바닥핵들, 즉 꼬리핵, 줄무늬체바닥핵, 중격옆핵 및 중격핵과 관련된 신경연접들을 관찰하였으며, 그 결과를 문헌 고찰한 결과 변연계통과 줄무늬체계통이 앞뇌의 바닥에 있는 신경핵들에서 형태학적 교차연결을 통해 정서와 마음의 상태를 행동과 대응으로 표현하는 중요한 신경회로가 존재함을 제안하였다.

감각처리와 감정조절의 관련성에 대한 문헌고찰 (The Relationship Between Sensory Processing and Emotional Regulation : A Literature Review)

  • 홍은경;홍소영
    • 대한감각통합치료학회지
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    • 제14권1호
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    • pp.50-59
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    • 2016
  • 목적 : 본 연구에서는 감정조절에 대한 신경학적 메커니즘을 이해하고, 감정조절과 감각처리의 연관성에 대해 알아보고자 한다. 본론 : 신경학적으로 감정조절은 주로 둘레계의 구조물에 의해 처리되고 특히, 편도의 바닥-바깥쪽 그룹이 주요한 역할을 한다. 바닥-바깥쪽 그룹은 감각의 중계소인 시상과 직 간접적으로 연결되어 감각 정보에 대한 처리를 함께 한다. 이 감각 정보는 눈-안쪽 앞 이마엽과 연결되어 감각처리 및 감정과 관련된 복잡한 행동을 하게 한다. 시상, 편도, 눈-안쪽 앞 이마엽의 연결 회로로 인해 부적절한 감각처리는 감정조절과 행동에 어려움을 발생시킬 수 있다. 자폐스펙트럼장애와 주의력결핍과잉행동장애 아동에서 편도 및 앞 이마엽의 비정상적인 처리에 대한 신경학적 연구가 보고되고 있다. 결론 : 자폐스펙트럼장애와 주의력결핍과잉행동장애 아동은 신경계의 상태가 다르고 이는 감각처리와 감정조절, 행동에서 다양한 양상을 나타낸다. 치료사는 아동의 행동에 영향을 미치는 감각처리와 감정조절에 대한 신경학적 메커니즘을 이해하고, 치료적 적용을 할 필요가 있다.

방기복령탕(防己茯苓湯)이 백서에서 LPS로 유도된 우울증에서 면역 조직학적 변화에 미치는 효과 (Effect of Banggibongnyeongtang on the immunohistological change in LPS-induced depression rats)

  • 박성준;이태희
    • 대한한의학방제학회지
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    • 제28권1호
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    • pp.53-62
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    • 2020
  • Objective : This study is accomplished in order to investigate the effect of banggibongnyeongtang on the immunohistological change in LPS-induced depression rats to confirm the histological result of the previous behavioral and biochemical effect. Methods : LPS 5 ㎍ was injected to lateral ventricle and experimental groups were administered BBT intraperitoneally. The concentration of 5-HT in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex, Striatum, Hippocampus, Amygdala was measured by ELISA. IL-1β, TNF-α mRNA and BDNF mRNA expression in the hippocampus was examined by RT-PCR. Result : BBT enhanced 5-HT concentration at all part of brain but no significantly difference at medial prefrontal cortex and striatum. LPS+BBT400 group increased 5-HT concentration significantly than LPS group at hippocampus and amygdala (p<0.05). BBT decreased IL-1β mRNA expression dose dependently but only with significantly decrease in LPS+BBT400 group than LPS group's in Hippocampus (p<0.05). But BBT did not decrease TNF-α mRNA expression significantly in Hippocampus. BBT increased the expression of BDNF mRNA at hippocampus and LPS+BBT400 group significantly increased comparing with LPS group does (p<0.05). Conclusion : It is postulated that the anti-depressant effect of BBT can be validated through the anti-inflammatory effect, 5-HT concentration increase, and the neuro-protective effect mediated by BDNF by combining the results of the previous report about the behavioral and biochemical effect.

뇌기능영상 측정법을 이용한 영재성 평가의 타당성 연구 (A Neurobiological Measure of General Intelligence in the Gifted)

  • 조선희;김희백;최유용;채정호;이건호
    • 영재교육연구
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    • 제15권2호
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    • pp.101-125
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    • 2005
  • 본 연구에서는 뇌영상기술(fMRI)을 이용하여 뇌신경활동성에 기반한 영재성 평가의 가능성을 타진하였다. 이를 위해 현행 영재교육 수혜자 및 일반 고교생 50명을 대상으로 국제적으로 공인된 다양한 지능검사(RAPM, WAIS)와 창의력 검사(TTCT-도형, TTCT-언어)를 실시하였으며 이들 중 40명의 학생을 대상으로 추론적 사고능력을 요구하는 지능과제 수행 시 두뇌활동성을 측정하였다. 일반지능(g) 수준에 따라 영재군과 일반군으로 구분하여 두뇌활동성을 비교 분석한 결과 두 그룹 모두 좌.우반구의 외측전전두엽피질(lateral PFC), 전대상피질(ACC), 후두정엽피질(PPC)에서 높은 활동성을 보였으며, 영재군이 일반군에 비해 높게 나타났다. 개인별 일반지능(g) 수준과 두뇌활동성 사이의 상관도를 분석한 결과 후두정엽피질에서 가장 높은 상관도$(r=0.73{\sim}0.74)$를 보였으며 다른 영역들 역시 비교적 높은 상관도$(r=0.53{\sim}0.66)$를 보였다. 한편 영재군은 일반군에 비해 지능지수에서는 월등히 높은 수치를 보였으나 창의력지수에서는 크게 차이를 보이지 않았다. 이러한 결과는 뇌기능영상기술이 영재성 평가에 적용될 수 있을 것이라는 가능성을 보여주며 영재선발 시 창의력에 대한 평가 비중을 강화시킬 필요성이 있음을 시사한다.

정신분열병 환자의 작동기억 이상에 대한 기능적 자기공명영상 연구 (Working Memory Deficits in Patients with Schizophrenia:fMRI Investigation)

  • 박여진;김태석;노사봉;배치운;김정진;이수정;이철;백인호;이창욱
    • 생물정신의학
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.32-41
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    • 2005
  • Objective:Impaired processing of working memory is one of the cognitive deficits seen in patients with schizophrenia. This aimed at corroborating the differences in the brain activities involved in the process of working memory between patients with schizophrenia and the control subjects. Method:Fourteen patients with schizophrenia and 12 healthy volunteers were recruited in this study. Functional magnetic resonance imaging(fMRI) was used to assess cortical activities during the performance of a 2-back visual working memory paradigm using the Korean alphabet as mnemonic content. Results:Group analysis revealed that left lateral prefrontal cortex and right parietal lobule showed decreased cortical activities in the patient group. On the other hand, an increased activation in left superior and middle frontal gyrus, left middle temporal gyrus, right cuneus, both occipital lobes, right fusiform gyrus and right cingulate gyrus. The activation in left anterior lobe and both declive of cerebellum was also increased. Conclusions:This study showed a decreased activation in left lateral prefrontal and right parietal neural networks from the patient group and confirmed the earlier findings on the impaired working memory of patients with schizophrenia using fMRI investigation. The regions implicated in our study suggest an abnormal functioning of the fronto-parietal cortical areas that are critical to the information processing stream, which might be correspondent to common pathophysiology rather than a common etiology in schizophrenia.

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