Elucidating the Role of Cerebellar Nuclei Parvalbumin Activity on Adolescent Reversal Learning
Lyle, T.; Berkley, A.; Verpeut, J.
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The cerebellar nuclei (CN) has demonstrated its influence on cognitive behavior via the cerebello-cortico circuit, yet the role of CN critical period mechanisms and how they may influence cognitive behavior, such as parvalbumin (PV) expressing interneurons enwrapped by perineuronal nets (PNNs), is still unclear. Therefore, we investigated the role of the lateral CN (LCN) PV cell calcium activity while animals performed a visual discrimination touchscreen cognitive task. All animals received the PV cell calcium indicator GCaMP6f at postnatal day 21 (P21). We targeted the LCN critical period by manipulating neural activity in male mice using the inhibitory Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs (DREADDs) from postnatal day 21 to 35 or by injecting an Hapln1-AAV vector to selectively target LCN PNN development. After animals completed the visual discrimination task, cerebellar tissue was collected for viral recovery and antibody staining for PNN components, Hapln1 and aggrecan. Results revealed DREADD animals showed improved reversal learning, an increase in calcium response to learning-related activity and altered PNN expression (Hapln1 and aggrecan). Hapln1 treated animals displayed a decrease in final day acquisition performance, lower reversal performance compared to DREADD groups, a decrease in reversal calcium learning-related activity, and an increase in PNN expression (Hapln1). Together, these data provide further evidence of LCN mechanisms associated with learning as well as the importance of understanding region-specific critical periods of plasticity.
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