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Breathing-driven prefrontal oscillations regulate maintenance of conditioned-fear evoked freezing independently of initiation

Authors :
Sophie Bagur
Julie M. Lefort
Marie M. Lacroix
Gaëtan de Lavilléon
Cyril Herry
Mathilde Chouvaeff
Clara Billand
Hélène Geoffroy
Karim Benchenane
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-15 (2021)
Publication Year :
2021
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2021.

Abstract

Combining optogenetics, behavioral modelling and neural population analysis, the authors show in mice that during fear-related freezing the olfactory bulb transmits 4 Hz breathing rhythm to the prefrontal cortex where this oscillation organizes local activity and regulates freezing episode duration.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
12
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.252969c8ff0f40649e9fce6108b49c43
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22798-6