Behavioral Decoding Reveals Cortical Endocannabinoid Potentiation during Δ9-THC Impairment
English, A.; Marcus, D.; Yadav, K.; Elkhouly, Y.; Levy, A.; Corbit, V.; Chun, G.; Ask, M.; Svedberg, A.; Poces-Bell, J.; Uittenbogaard, F.; Simons, R.; Witten, I.; Zweifel, L.; Land, B. B.; Stella, N.; Bruchas, M.
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How {Delta}9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) impairs natural behaviors in mice remains unknown. We developed a video-monitored behavioral platform with machine learning classifiers to unravel discrete changes in natural mouse behaviors. THC infusion into the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) disrupted walking kinematic features characteristic of impairment responses. THC predominantly increased mPFC GABAergic activity preceding walk initiation shifting the mPFC excitatory/inhibitory (E/I) balance. Pose-defined closed loop photo-stimulation of mPFC GABAergic neurons demonstrated that THC exacerbates selected parameters of motor impairment. Surprisingly, THC also induced a time locked, movement-induced, transient potentiation of mPFC endocannabinoid (eCB) release and ensuing CB1R-mediated synaptic inhibition. Here we establish that THC-modifies mPFC E/I balance to excitation via dynamic changes in eCB release which acts to induce behavioral impairment.
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