Lateral hypothalamic control of motivated behaviors through the midbrain dopamine system
Thesis: Ph. D. in Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2016.
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| author | Nieh, Edward H. (Edward Horng-An) |
| author2 | Kay M. Tye. |
| author_facet | Kay M. Tye. Nieh, Edward H. (Edward Horng-An) |
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| description | Thesis: Ph. D. in Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2016. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1064402019-04-12T16:59:45Z Lateral hypothalamic control of motivated behaviors through the midbrain dopamine system LH control of motivated behaviors through the midbrain dopamine system Nieh, Edward H. (Edward Horng-An) Kay M. Tye. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Thesis: Ph. D. in Neuroscience, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2016. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-231). The lateral hypothalamus and ventral tegmental area are two brain regions that have long been known to be involved in processing reward and the control of feeding behaviors. We continue work in this area by identifying the functional connectivity between these two regions, providing evidence that LH neurons projecting to the VTA encode conditioned responses, while LH neurons innervated by the VTA encode conditioned and unconditioned stimuli. Activation of the LH-VTA projection can increase compulsive sugar seeking, while inhibition of the projection can suppress this behavior without altering normal feeding due to hunger. We can separate this projection into the GABAergic and glutamatergic components, and we show that the GABAergic component plays a role in promoting feeding and social interaction by increasing motivation for consummatory behaviors, while the glutamatergic component largely plays a role in the suppression of these behaviors. Finally, we show that activation of the GABAergic component causes dopamine release downstream in the nucleus accumbens via disinhibition of VTA dopamine neurons through VTA GABA neurons. Together, these experiments have profoundly elucidated the functional roles of the individual circuit components of the greater mesolimbic dopamine system and provided potential targets for therapeutic intervention of overeating disorders and obesity.. by Edward H. Nieh. Ph. D. in Neuroscience 2017-01-12T18:33:35Z 2017-01-12T18:33:35Z 2016 2016 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106440 967344162 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 231 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Nieh, Edward H. (Edward Horng-An) Lateral hypothalamic control of motivated behaviors through the midbrain dopamine system |
| title | Lateral hypothalamic control of motivated behaviors through the midbrain dopamine system |
| title_full | Lateral hypothalamic control of motivated behaviors through the midbrain dopamine system |
| title_fullStr | Lateral hypothalamic control of motivated behaviors through the midbrain dopamine system |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lateral hypothalamic control of motivated behaviors through the midbrain dopamine system |
| title_short | Lateral hypothalamic control of motivated behaviors through the midbrain dopamine system |
| title_sort | lateral hypothalamic control of motivated behaviors through the midbrain dopamine system |
| topic | Brain and Cognitive Sciences. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106440 |
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