scholarly journals Encoding of social exploration by neural ensembles in the insular cortex

PLoS Biology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (9) ◽  
pp. e3000584
Author(s):  
Isamu Miura ◽  
Masaaki Sato ◽  
Eric T. N. Overton ◽  
Nobuo Kunori ◽  
Junichi Nakai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insular Cortex ◽  
Neural Ensembles ◽  
Social Exploration

scholarly journals Encoding of social exploration by neural ensembles in the insular cortex

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isamu Miura ◽  
Masaaki Sato ◽  
Nobuo Kunori ◽  
Eric T.N. Overton ◽  
Junichi Nakai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
Calcium Imaging ◽  
Insular Cortex ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Behavioral State ◽  
Social Investigation ◽  
Brain Functions ◽  
Neural Ensembles ◽  
Social Exploration ◽  
Freely Moving

SummaryThe insular cortex participates in diverse complex brain functions including sociality, yet little is known about their cellular bases. Using microendoscopic calcium imaging of the agranular insular cortex (AI) in mice interacting with freely-moving and restrained social targets, we identified two subsets of AI neurons –a larger fraction of Social-ON cells and a smaller fraction of Social-OFF cells– that change their activity in opposite directions during social exploration. Social-ON cells included those that represented social investigation independent of location and consisted of multiple subsets, each of which were preferentially active during exploration under particular behavioral state or with a particular target of physical contact. These results uncover a previously unknown function of AI neurons in encoding conjunctive information on social behavior and suggest that AI may act to monitor the ongoing status of social exploration while an animal interacts with unfamiliar conspecifics.

scholarly journals Neural ensembles in the insular cortex encode social exploration

2021 ◽  
Vol 94 (0) ◽  
pp. 2-P1-41
Author(s):  
Masaaki Sato ◽  
Isamu Miura ◽  
Eric Overton ◽  
Nobuo Kunori ◽  
Junichi Nakai ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insular Cortex ◽  
Neural Ensembles ◽  
Social Exploration

scholarly journals Distinct and Dynamic ON and OFF Neural Ensembles in the Prefrontal Cortex Code Social Exploration

Neuron ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 700-714.e9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Liang ◽  
Lifeng Zhang ◽  
Giovanni Barbera ◽  
Wenting Fang ◽  
Jing Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Neural Ensembles ◽  
Social Exploration

Effect of Age in Methylphenidate-Induced Taste Avoidance and Related BDNF/Trkb in the Insular Cortex

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bradley Wetzell ◽  
Mirabella M. Muller ◽  
Jennifer L. Cobuzzi ◽  
Zachary E. Hurwitz ◽  
Kathleen Decicco-Skinner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insular Cortex ◽  
Taste Avoidance ◽  
Effect Of Age

Discrete Modeling of Activity Generation by Multi-Transmitter Neural Ensembles

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nikolay Bazenkov ◽  
Liudmila Zhilyakova
Keyword(s):  
Discrete Modeling ◽  
Neural Ensembles ◽  
Activity Generation

Seizure freedom after functional hemispherectomy and a possible role for the insular cortex: the Dutch experience

2007 ◽  
Vol 107 (4) ◽  
pp. 275-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth A. Cats ◽  
Kuan H. Kho ◽  
Onno van Nieuwenhuizen ◽  
Cornelis W. M. van Veelen ◽  
Peter H. Gosselaar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Insular Cortex ◽  
Seizure Freedom ◽  
Functional Hemispherectomy ◽  
Dutch Experience
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