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- Title
Development of Odor Hedonics: Experience-Dependent Ontogeny of Circuits Supporting Maternal and Predator Odor Responses in Rats.
- Authors
Perry, Rosemarie E.; Aïn, Syrina Al; Raineki, Charlis; Sullivan, Regina M.; Wilson, Donald A.
- Abstract
A major component of perception is hedonic valence: perceiving stimuli as pleasant or unpleasant. Here, we used early olfactory experiences that shape odor preferences and aversions to explore developmental plasticity in circuits mediating odor hedonics. We used 2-deoxyglucose autoradiographic mapping of neural activity to identify circuits differentially activated by biologically relevant preferred and avoided odors across rat development. We then further probed this system by increasing or decreasing hedonic value. Using both region of interest and functional connectivity analyses, we identified regions within primary olfactory, amygdala/hippocampal, and prefrontal cortical networks that were activated differentially by maternal and male odors. Although some activated regions remained stable across development (postnatal days 7-23), there was a developmental emergence of others that resulted in an age-dependent elaboration of hedonic-response-specific circuitry despite stable behavioral responses (approach/avoidance) to the odors across age. Hedonic responses to these biologically important odors were modified through diet suppression of the maternal odor and co-rearing with a male. This allowed assessment of hedonic circuits in isolation of the specific odor quality and/or intensity. Early experience significantly modified odor-evoked circuitry in an age-dependent manner. For example, co-rearing with a male, which induced pup attraction to male odor, reduced activity in amygdala regions normally activated by the unfamiliar avoided male odor, making this region more consistent with maternal odor. Understanding the development of odor hedonics, particularly within the context of altered early life experience, provides insight into the development of sensory processes, food preferences, and the formation of social affiliations, among other behaviors.
- Subjects
ODOR threshold; SENSE organs; NEURAL circuitry; BRAIN physiology; STIMULUS &; response (Biology); NEUROPLASTICITY; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; MAMMAL physiology; PHYSIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Neuroscience, 2016, Vol 36, Issue 25, p6634
- ISSN
0270-6474
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0632-16.2016