Odour Retrieval Processing in Mice: Cholinergic Modulation of Oscillatory Coupling in Olfactory Bulb-Piriform Networks
- 15 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Neuropsychobiology
- Vol. 80 (5), 374-392
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000513511
Abstract
Background/Aims: Olfactory dysfunction can provide valuable insight into early pathophysiological processes of brain disorders. Olfactory processing of chemosensory and odour sensitivity relies on segregating salient odours from background odours cues. Odour-evoked fast oscillations in the olfactory bulb (OB) are hypothesized to be an important index of odour quality coding. The present preclinical work aimed at better understanding connectivity associated with odour coding and behavioural odour discrimination. Methods: Network oscillations and functional connectivity (FC) were measured in C57BL/6 mice performing the olfactory associative odour learning (OL) test, using multichannel local field potential recordings in key olfactory networks. Cholinergic modulation of odour processing was investigated using the muscarinic antagonist scopolamine. Results: At the behavioural level, olfactory memory, which refers to the acquisition and recollection of a reference odour by reduced exploration time, was observed in animals that correctly learned the task. Significant decrease in mean investigation and retrieval time of the associated odour-food reward was observed between trials. At the network level, the associated odour during sniffing behaviour was associated with enhanced coherence in the β and γ frequency oscillations across the olfactory pathway, with marked changes observed between the OB and anterior piriform cortex (PC). The enhanced phase-amplitude cross-frequency coupling in the OB and the weak coupling index in the hippocampal CA1 suggests a role of the OB network in olfaction encoding and processing. Scopolamine impaired behavioural and FC underlying recall and retrieval of the associated odour. Conclusion: The results suggest that the acquisition and formation of odour reference memory rely primarily on FC at the OB-PC network and confirm the role of muscarinic receptors in olfactory retrieval processing.This publication has 84 references indexed in Scilit:
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