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Top-down modulation of olfactory-guided behaviours by the anterior olfactory nucleus pars medialis and ventral hippocampus.

ABSTRACT: Olfactory processing is thought to be actively modulated by the top-down input from cortical regions, but the behavioural function of these signals remains unclear. Here we find that cortical feedback from the anterior olfactory nucleus pars medialis (mAON) bidirectionally modulates olfactory sensitivity and olfaction-dependent behaviours. To identify a limbic input that tunes this mAON switch, we further demonstrate that optogenetic stimulation of ventral hippocampal inputs to the mAON is sufficient to alter olfaction-dependent behaviours.

SUBMITTER: Aqrabawi AJ

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5192165 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Top-down modulation of olfactory-guided behaviours by the anterior olfactory nucleus pars medialis and ventral hippocampus.

Aqrabawi Afif J AJ Browne Caleb J CJ Dargaei Zahra Z Garand Danielle D Khademullah C Sahara CS Woodin Melanie A MA Kim Jun Chul JC

Nature communications 20161222

Olfactory processing is thought to be actively modulated by the top-down input from cortical regions, but the behavioural function of these signals remains unclear. Here we find that cortical feedback from the anterior olfactory nucleus pars medialis (mAON) bidirectionally modulates olfactory sensitivity and olfaction-dependent behaviours. To identify a limbic input that tunes this mAON switch, we further demonstrate that optogenetic stimulation of ventral hippocampal inputs to the mAON is suffi ...[more]

PMID: 28004701

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