A Nucleus Accumbens Tac1 Neural Circuit Regulates Avoidance Responses to Aversive Stimuli. 2023

Zi-Xuan He, and Ke Xi, and Kai-Jie Liu, and Mei-Hui Yue, and Yao Wang, and Yue-Yue Yin, and Lin Liu, and Xiao-Xiao He, and Hua-Li Yu, and Zhen-Kai Xing, and Xiao-Juan Zhu
Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics, Institute of Genetics and Cytology, Northeast Normal University, Ministry of Education, Changchun 130021, China.

Neural circuits that control aversion are essential for motivational regulation and survival in animals. The nucleus accumbens (NAc) plays an important role in predicting aversive events and translating motivations into actions. However, the NAc circuits that mediate aversive behaviors remain elusive. Here, we report that tachykinin precursor 1 (Tac1) neurons in the NAc medial shell regulate avoidance responses to aversive stimuli. We show that NAcTac1 neurons project to the lateral hypothalamic area (LH) and that the NAcTac1→LH pathway contributes to avoidance responses. Moreover, the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) sends excitatory inputs to the NAc, and this circuit is involved in the regulation of avoidance responses to aversive stimuli. Overall, our study reveals a discrete NAc Tac1 circuit that senses aversive stimuli and drives avoidance behaviors.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007026 Hypothalamic Area, Lateral Area in the hypothalamus bounded medially by the mammillothalamic tract and the anterior column of the FORNIX (BRAIN). The medial edge of the INTERNAL CAPSULE and the subthalamic region form its lateral boundary. It contains the lateral hypothalamic nucleus, tuberomammillary nucleus, lateral tuberal nuclei, and fibers of the MEDIAL FOREBRAIN BUNDLE. Lateral Hypothalamic Area,Lateral Hypothalamic Nucleus,Tuberomammillary Nucleus,Accessory Nucleus of the Ventral Horn,Area Hypothalamica Lateralis,Area Lateralis Hypothalami,Lateral Hypothalamus,Lateral Tuberal Nuclei,Lateral Tuberal Nucleus,Area Hypothalamica Laterali,Area Lateralis Hypothalamus,Area, Lateral Hypothalamic,Areas, Lateral Hypothalamic,Hypothalami, Area Lateralis,Hypothalamic Areas, Lateral,Hypothalamic Nucleus, Lateral,Hypothalamica Laterali, Area,Hypothalamica Lateralis, Area,Hypothalamus, Area Lateralis,Hypothalamus, Lateral,Lateral Hypothalamic Areas,Laterali, Area Hypothalamica,Lateralis Hypothalami, Area,Lateralis Hypothalamus, Area,Lateralis, Area Hypothalamica,Nuclei, Lateral Tuberal,Nucleus, Lateral Hypothalamic,Nucleus, Lateral Tuberal,Nucleus, Tuberomammillary,Tuberal Nuclei, Lateral,Tuberal Nucleus, Lateral
D009042 Motivation Those factors which cause an organism to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner. They may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli. Incentives,Disincentives,Expectations,Disincentive,Expectation,Incentive,Motivations
D009434 Neural Pathways Neural tracts connecting one part of the nervous system with another. Neural Interconnections,Interconnection, Neural,Interconnections, Neural,Neural Interconnection,Neural Pathway,Pathway, Neural,Pathways, Neural
D009474 Neurons The basic cellular units of nervous tissue. Each neuron consists of a body, an axon, and dendrites. Their purpose is to receive, conduct, and transmit impulses in the NERVOUS SYSTEM. Nerve Cells,Cell, Nerve,Cells, Nerve,Nerve Cell,Neuron
D009714 Nucleus Accumbens Collection of pleomorphic cells in the caudal part of the anterior horn of the LATERAL VENTRICLE, in the region of the OLFACTORY TUBERCLE, lying between the head of the CAUDATE NUCLEUS and the ANTERIOR PERFORATED SUBSTANCE. It is part of the so-called VENTRAL STRIATUM, a composite structure considered part of the BASAL GANGLIA. Accumbens Nucleus,Nucleus Accumbens Septi,Accumbens Septi, Nucleus,Accumbens Septus, Nucleus,Accumbens, Nucleus,Nucleus Accumbens Septus,Nucleus, Accumbens,Septi, Nucleus Accumbens,Septus, Nucleus Accumbens
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D001362 Avoidance Learning A response to a cue that is instrumental in avoiding a noxious experience. Aversion Behavior,Aversion Learning,Aversive Behavior,Aversive Learning,Avoidance Behavior,Aversion Behaviors,Aversive Behaviors,Avoidance Behaviors,Behavior, Aversion,Behavior, Aversive,Behavior, Avoidance,Behaviors, Aversion,Behaviors, Aversive,Behaviors, Avoidance,Learning, Aversion,Learning, Aversive,Learning, Avoidance

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