RRC ID 64752
著者 Kermen F, Lal P, Faturos NG, Yaksi E.
タイトル Interhemispheric connections between olfactory bulbs improve odor detection.
ジャーナル PLoS Biol
Abstract Interhemispheric connections enable interaction and integration of sensory information in bilaterian nervous systems and are thought to optimize sensory computations. However, the cellular and spatial organization of interhemispheric networks and the computational properties they mediate in vertebrates are still poorly understood. Thus, it remains unclear to what extent the connectivity between left and right brain hemispheres participates in sensory processing. Here, we show that the zebrafish olfactory bulbs (OBs) receive direct interhemispheric projections from their contralateral counterparts in addition to top-down inputs from the contralateral zebrafish homolog of olfactory cortex. The direct interhemispheric projections between the OBs reach peripheral layers of the contralateral OB and retain a precise topographic organization, which directly connects similarly tuned olfactory glomeruli across hemispheres. In contrast, interhemispheric top-down inputs consist of diffuse projections that broadly innervate the inhibitory granule cell layer. Jointly, these interhemispheric connections elicit a balance of topographically organized excitation and nontopographic inhibition on the contralateral OB and modulate odor responses. We show that the interhemispheric connections in the olfactory system enable the modulation of odor response and contribute to a small but significant improvement in the detection of a reproductive pheromone when presented together with complex olfactory cues by potentiating the response of the pheromone selective neurons. Taken together, our data show a previously unknown function for an interhemispheric connection between chemosensory maps of the olfactory system.
巻・号 18(4)
ページ e3000701
公開日 2020-4-1
DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000701
PII PBIOLOGY-D-19-02680
PMID 32310946
PMC PMC7192517
MeSH Animals Animals, Genetically Modified Calcium / metabolism Interneurons Odorants Olfactory Bulb / cytology Olfactory Bulb / physiology* Olfactory Cortex Olfactory Pathways / physiology Smell / physiology Zebrafish
IF 7.076
リソース情報
ゼブラフィッシュ Tg(gad1b:lRl-GFP), Tg(vglut2a:lRl-GFP) SAGFF(LF)179A;UAS:GFP