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Dr.
Weizmann Institute of Science
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Schedule
Monday, November 2, 2020
3:00 PM Europe/Lisbon
Recording provided by the organiser.
Domain
NeuroscienceHost
Brain-Body Interactions
Duration
70 minutes
Interoception, the sense of internal bodily signals, is essential for physiological homeostasis, cognition, and emotions. Human neuroimaging studies suggest insular cortex plays a central role in interoception, yet the cellular and circuit mechanisms of its involvement remain unclear. We developed a microprism-based cellular imaging approach to monitor insular cortex activity in behaving mice across different physiological need states. We combine this imaging approach with manipulations of peripheral physiology, circuit-mapping, cell type-specific and circuit-specific manipulation approaches to investigate the underlying circuit mechanisms. I will present our recent data investigating insular cortex activity during two physiological need states – hunger and thirst. These wereinduced naturally by caloric/fluid deficiency, or artificially by activation of specific hypothalamic “hunger neurons” and “thirst neurons”. We found that insular cortex ongoing activity faithfully represents current physiological state, independently of behavior or arousal levels. In contrast, transient responses to learned food- or water-predicting cues reflect a population-level “simulation” of future predicted satiety. Together with additional circuit-mapping and manipulation experiments, our findings suggest that insular cortex integrates visceral-sensory inputs regarding current physiological state with hypothalamus-gated amygdala inputs signaling availability of food/water. This way, insular cortex computes a prediction of future physiological state that can be used to guide behavioral choice.
Yoav Livneh
Dr.
Weizmann Institute of Science
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