RRC ID 70446
著者 Koyama W, Hosomi R, Matsuda K, Kawakami K, Hibi M, Shimizu T.
タイトル Involvement of Cerebellar Neural Circuits in Active Avoidance Conditioning in Zebrafish.
ジャーナル eNeuro
Abstract When animals repeatedly receive a combination of neutral conditional stimulus (CS) and aversive unconditional stimulus (US), they learn the relationship between CS and US, and show conditioned fear responses after CS. They show passive responses such as freezing or panic movements (classical or Pavlovian fear conditioning), or active behavioral responses to avoid aversive stimuli (active avoidance). Previous studies suggested the roles of the cerebellum in classical fear conditioning but it remains elusive whether the cerebellum is involved in active avoidance conditioning. In this study, we analyzed the roles of cerebellar neural circuits during active avoidance in adult zebrafish. When pairs of CS (light) and US (electric shock) were administered to wild-type zebrafish, about half of them displayed active avoidance. The expression of botulinum toxin, which inhibits the release of neurotransmitters, in cerebellar granule cells (GCs) or Purkinje cells (PCs) did not affect conditioning-independent swimming behaviors, but did inhibit active avoidance conditioning. Nitroreductase (NTR)-mediated ablation of PCs in adult zebrafish also impaired active avoidance. Furthermore, the inhibited transmission of GCs or PCs resulted in reduced fear-conditioned Pavlovian fear responses. Our findings suggest that the zebrafish cerebellum plays an active role in active avoidance conditioning.
巻・号 8(3)
公開日 2021-1-1
DOI 10.1523/ENEURO.0507-20.2021
PII ENEURO.0507-20.2021
PMID 33952613
PMC PMC8184220
MeSH Animals Avoidance Learning Cerebellum Conditioning, Classical* Conditioning, Operant Fear Zebrafish*
IF 3.544
リソース情報
ゼブラフィッシュ gSA2AzGFF152B Tg(cbln12:Gal4FF) Tg(aldoca:BoTx-GFP) Tg(UAS:GFP)