Cortical correlates of psychedelic-induced shaking behavior revealed by voltage imaging
Author(s)
Buchborn, Tobias
Lyons, Taylor
Song, Chenchen
Feilding, Amanda
Knöpfel, Thomas
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
(1) From mouse to man, shaking behavior (head twitches and/or wet dog shakes) is a reliable readout of psychedelic drug action. Shaking behavior like psychedelia is thought to be mediated by serotonin 2A receptors on cortical pyramidal cells. The involvement of pyramidal cells in psychedelic-induced shaking behavior remains hypothetical, though, as experimental in vivo evidence is limited. (2) Here, we use cell type-specific voltage imaging in awake mice to address this issue. We intersectionally express the genetically encoded voltage indicator VSFP Butterfly 1.2 in layer 2/3 pyramidal neurons. We simultaneously capture cortical hemodynamics and cell type-specific voltage activity while mice display psychedelic shaking behavior. (3) Shaking behavior is preceded by high-frequency oscillations and overlaps with low-frequency oscillations in the motor cortex. Oscillations spectrally mirror the rhythmics of shaking behavior and reflect layer 2/3 pyramidal cell activity complemented by hemodynamics. (4) Our results reveal a clear cortical fingerprint of serotonin-2A-receptor-mediated shaking behavior and open a promising methodological avenue relating a cross-mammalian psychedelic effect to cell-type specific brain dynamics.
Date Issued
2023-05-30
Date Acceptance
2023-05-25
Citation
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023, 24 (11)
ISSN
1422-0067
Publisher
MDPI AG
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Volume
24
Issue
11
Copyright Statement
© 2023 by the authors.
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creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
4.0/).
Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
This article is an open access article
distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons
Attribution (CC BY) license (https://
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/
4.0/).
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Identifier
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37298417
PII: ijms24119463
Subjects
Animals
Hallucinogens
Mammals
Mice
Pyramidal Cells
Receptor, Serotonin, 5-HT2A
5-HT2A receptor
genetically encoded voltage indicator (GEVI)
hemodynamics
psychedelic
pyramidal cells
voltage imaging
wet dog shakes
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Switzerland
Article Number
ARTN 9463