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Journal Article
Ventral arkypallidal neurons inhibit accumbal firing to promote reward consumption
2021
Overview
The nucleus accumbens shell (NAcSh) and the ventral pallidum (VP) are critical for reward processing, although the question of how coordinated activity within these nuclei orchestrates reward valuation and consumption remains unclear. Inhibition of NAcSh firing is necessary for reward consumption, but the source of this inhibition remains unknown. Here, we report that a subpopulation of VP neurons, the ventral arkypallidal (vArky) neurons, project back to the NAcSh, where they inhibit NAcSh neurons in vivo in mice. Consistent with this pathway driving reward consumption via inhibition of the NAcSh, calcium activity of vArky neurons scaled with reward palatability (which was dissociable from reward seeking) and predicted the subsequent drinking behavior during a free-access paradigm. Activation of the VP–NAcSh pathway increased ongoing reward consumption while amplifying hedonic reactions to reward. These results establish a pivotal role for vArky neurons in the promotion of reward consumption through modulation of NAcSh firing in a value-dependent manner.
Inhibition of nucleus accumbens neurons is crucial for reward consumption. Vachez, Tooley et al. characterize arkypallidal neurons in the ventral pallidum that inhibit accumbal neurons to sustain reward consumption in a value-dependent manner.
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group US,Nature Publishing Group
Subject
/ 64/60
/ 9/30
/ 9/74
/ Action Potentials - physiology
/ Animal Genetics and Genomics
/ Animals
/ Basal Forebrain - physiology
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ Calcium
/ Drinking Behavior - physiology
/ Female
/ Inhibition (Neurophysiology)
/ Male
/ Medicine
/ Mice
/ Neural Inhibition - physiology
/ Neural Pathways - physiology
/ Neurons
/ Nucleus Accumbens - physiology
/ Reward
