Whole-Brain Direct Inputs to and Axonal Projections from Excitatory and Inhibitory Neurons in the Mouse Primary Auditory Area
Auditory Cortex
Neurons
0301 basic medicine
Brain Mapping
Mice
0303 health sciences
03 medical and health sciences
Thalamus
Animals
Axons
DOI:
10.1007/s12264-022-00838-5
Publication Date:
2022-03-21T10:02:33Z
AUTHORS (9)
ABSTRACT
Neurons in the primary auditory area (AUDp) innervate multiple brain regions with long-range projections while receiving informative inputs for diverse functions. However, the brain-wide connections of these neurons have not been comprehensively investigated. Here, we simultaneously applied virus-based anterograde and retrograde tracing, labeled the connections of excitatory and inhibitory neurons in the mouse AUDp, and acquired whole-brain information using a dual-channel fluorescence micro-optical sectioning tomography system. Quantified results showed that the two types of neurons received inputs with similar patterns but sent heterogeneous projections to downstream regions. In the isocortex, functionally different areas consistently sent feedback-dominated projections to these neurons, with concomitant laterally-dominated projections from the sensory and limbic cortices to inhibitory neurons. In subcortical regions, the dorsal and medial parts of the non-lemniscal auditory thalamus (AT) were reciprocally connected to the AUDp, while the ventral part contained the most fibers of passage from the excitatory neurons and barely sent projections back, indicating the regional heterogeneity of the AUDp-AT circuit. Our results reveal details of the whole-brain network and provide new insights for further physiological and functional studies of the AUDp.
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