Journal article
p Distinct Roles for Prefrontal Dopamine D1 and D2 Neurons in Social Hierarchy
The Journal of neuroscience, v 42(2), pp 313-324
12 Jan 2022
PMID: 34844989
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Abstract
Neuronal activity in the prefrontal cortex (PFC) controls dominance hierarchies in groups of animals. Dopamine (DA) strongly modulates PFC activity mainly through D1 receptors (D1Rs) and D2 receptors (D2Rs). Still, it is unclear how these two subpopulations of DA receptor-expressing neurons in the PFC regulate social dominance hierarchy. Here, we demonstrate distinct roles for prefrontal D1R- and D2R-expressing neurons in establishing social hierarchy, with D1R+ neurons determining dominance and D2R+ neurons for subordinate. Ex vivo whole-cell recordings revealed that the dominant status of male mice correlates with rectifying AMPAR transmission and stronger excitatory synaptic strength onto D1R+ neurons in PFC pyramidal neurons. In contrast, the submissive status is associated with higher neuronal excitability in D2R+ neurons. Moreover, simultaneous manipulations of synaptic efficacy of D1R+ neurons in dominant male mice and neuronal excitability of D2R+ neurons of their male subordinates switch their dominant-subordinate relationship. These results reveal that prefrontal D1R+ and D2R+ neurons have distinct but synergistic functions in the dominance hierarchy, and DA-mediated regulation of synaptic strengths acts as a powerful behavioral determinant of intermale social rank.
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- Title
- p Distinct Roles for Prefrontal Dopamine D1 and D2 Neurons in Social Hierarchy
- Creators
- Bo Xing - Drexel UniversityNancy R. Mack - Drexel UniversityYu-Xiang Zhang - Drexel UniversityErin P. McEachern - Drexel UniversityWen-Jun Gao - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- The Journal of neuroscience, v 42(2), pp 313-324
- Publisher
- Soc Neuroscience
- Number of pages
- 12
- Grant note
- R21MH110678; R01MH085666 / National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Independent Award 2015 4100072545 / Pennsylvania Commonwealth
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Neurobiology and Anatomy
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000743913300003
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85123651230
- Other Identifier
- 991019167669904721
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