From single cell to population coding during defensive behaviors in prefrontal circuits

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titleFrom single cell to population coding during defensive behaviors in prefrontal circuits
start_date2022/02/11
schedule11h30-12h30
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detailsInvité par Clémentine Bosch-Bouju - En ligne : https://u-bordeaux-fr.zoom.us/j/87857944924?pwd=cFZxQy9Cc2FqOEVVeWtVdlhqNUNtUT09 - ID de réunion : 878 5794 4924 - Code secret : 33000
summaryCoping with threatening situations requires both identifying stimuli predicting danger and selecting adaptive behavioral responses in order to survive. The dorso medial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) is a critical structure involved in the regulation of threat-related behaviour, yet it is still largely unclear how threat-predicting stimuli and defensive behaviours are associated within prefrontal networks in order to successfully drive adaptive responses. Over the past years, we used a combination we used a combination of extracellular recordings, neuronal decoding approaches, and state of the art optogenetic manipulations to identify key neuronal elements and mechanisms controlling defensive fear responses. I will present an overview of our recent work ranging from analyses of dedicated neuronal types and oscillatory and synchronization mechanisms to artificial intelligence approaches used to decode the activity or large population of neurons. Ultimately these analyses allowed the identification of high dimensional representations of defensive behavior unfolding within prefrontal networks.
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