The orbitofrontal cortex (ORB), a region crucial for stimulus-reward association, decision-making, and flexible behaviors, extensively connects with other brain areas. However, brain-wide inputs to projection-defined ORB neurons and the distribution of inhibitory neurons postsynaptic to neurons in specific ORB subregions remain poorly characterized. Here we mapped the inputs of five types of projection-specific ORB neurons and ORB outputs to two types of inhibitory neurons. We found that different projection-defined ORB neurons received inputs from similar cortical and thalamic regions, albeit with quantitative variations, particularly in somatomotor areas and medial groups of the dorsal thalamus. By counting parvalbumin (PV) or somatostatin (SST) interneurons innervated by neurons in specific ORB subregions, we found a higher fraction of PV neurons in sensory cortices and a higher fraction of SST neurons in subcortical regions targeted by medial ORB neurons. These results provide insights into understanding and investigating the function of specific ORB neurons.
Animals ; Neurons/physiology* ; Mice ; Prefrontal Cortex/cytology* ; Parvalbumins/metabolism* ; Brain Mapping/methods* ; Neural Pathways/physiology* ; Somatostatin/metabolism* ; Male ; Interneurons/physiology* ; Mice, Inbred C57BL ; Thalamus/physiology* ; Mice, Transgenic

The secondary motor cortex (M2) encodes choice-related information and plays an important role in cue-guided actions. M2 neurons innervate the dorsal striatum (DS), which also contributes to decision-making behavior, yet how M2 modulates signals in the DS to influence perceptual decision-making is unclear. Using mice performing a visual Go/No-Go task, we showed that inactivating M2 projections to the DS impaired performance by increasing the false alarm (FA) rate to the reward-irrelevant No-Go stimulus. The choice signal of M2 neurons correlated with behavioral performance, and the inactivation of M2 neurons projecting to the DS reduced the choice signal in the DS. By measuring and manipulating the responses of direct or indirect pathway striatal neurons defined by M2 inputs, we found that the indirect pathway neurons exhibited a shorter response latency to the No-Go stimulus, and inactivating their early responses increased the FA rate. These results demonstrate that the M2-to-DS pathway is crucial for suppressing inappropriate responses in perceptual decision behavior.
Mice ; Animals ; Motor Cortex ; Corpus Striatum/physiology* ; Neostriatum ; Neurons/physiology* ; Reaction Time

Objective To investigate effects of inhalation of sevoflurane at different time on pulmonary function and oxidative stress in patients with one lung ventilation.Methods 80 patients who needed external surgery according to the random grouping principle,were divided into sevoflurane preconditioning group(OLV for 30min after inhalation of sevoflurane),sevoflurane treatment group(OLV inhalation of sevoflurane),sevoflurane inhalation group(inhalation of sevoflurane),total intravenous group(propofol and remifentanil anesthesia) four groups,20 patients in each group,each group was treated accordingly.The differences of serum malondialdehyde(MDA),superoxide dismutase(SOD),lactate dehydrogenase(LDH) and intrapulmonary shunt(Qs/Qt) in the four groups were observed and compared at different time points.Results Compared with the other three groups,the intrapulmonary shunt fraction of the sevoflurane preconditioning group were significantly lower[(4.9±0.6)% vs.(6.1±0.5)%,(6.3±0.6)%,(5.9±0.4)%](x2=5.415,5,882,4.977,all P<0.05).The serum levels of MDA,SOD,LDH in the sevoflurane pretreatment group were significantly lower than those in the other three groups[(5.06±2.10)nmol/mL vs.(13.04±3.27)nmol/mL,(12.40±4.28)nmol/mL,(13.13±2.30)nmol/ml],[(58.7±5.9)U/L vs.(84.9±13.8)U/L,(93.9±21.1)U/L,(84.2±11.2)U/L],[(16.3±2.1)U/L vs.(43.1±7.2)U/L,(45.4±6.7)U/L,(35.8±5.1)U/L](t=8.076,7.448,8.277;12.917,15.506,12.586;11.375,12.239,8.220,all P<0.05).Conclusion Thoracic surgery in patients with one lung ventilation during anesthesia,using sevoflurane preconditioning anesthesia surgery can effectively improve the patients with intrapulmonary shunt rate,reduce the level of oxidative stress and improve the prognosis,it is worthy of further clinical application.

Objective To investigate the effect of sevoflurane intravenous inhalational anesthesia and remifentanil intravenous anesthesia for single lung ventilation in the department of thoracic surgery operation .Methods 80 patients using thoracic surgery were randomly divided into the two groups with 40 cases in each group according to the number table methods ,the study group were treated with sevoflurane inhalation anesthesia while the control group were treated with remifentanil intravenous anesthesia .HR,MAP and SBP of the two groups before induction of anes-thesia(T0),1min before intubation(T1),10min after ventilation(T2),30min after ventilation(T3) and 1min before extubation(T4) were compared,and recovery time,extubation time,directional force the recovery time were recorded of the two group.Results The HR in the two groups at T1,T2,T3,T4 time did not change significantly than T0 time, while MAP decreased significantly than T0 time,with significant difference (t =8.12,7.82,8.14,8.05,all P <0.05),and there was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (P >0.05);The SBP in the study group did not change obviously at each time while the SBP in the control group at T 1 decreased significantly than T0 time,while it increased significantly at T 2 time than T1 time,with a significant difference ( t=10.51,5.34, 5.05,5.06,all P<0.05);The patients in study group were elevated blood pressure during anesthesia or decreased more than 30% occurred in 8 cases while the control group occurred in 24 cases,there was significant differences between the two groups (χ2 =13.33,P<0.05);The postoperative recovery time ,extubation time and orientation recovery time of the study group patients were (11.4 ±5.1)min,(13.4 ±6.8)min,(18.9 ±5.8)min,which were significantly lower than (19.5 ±5.2)min,(26.5 ±7.6)min,(21.9 ±7.8)min of the control group(t=5.34,6.12, 6.15,all P<0.05).Conclusion Sevoflurane intravenous inhalational anesthesia has a better anesthetic effect for single lung ventilation in the department of thoracic surgery operation than remifentanil intravenous anesthesia ,and it can effectively maintain hemodynamics stability .

Objective To investigate the feasibility and safety of laparoscopic surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis(UC).Methods The clinical data of 5 cases who underwent laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of ulcerative colitis were reviewed.Results All 5 cases successfully underwent laparoscopic surgery.Among them,4 had total proctocolectomy and ileal pouch-anastomosis(IPAA),and 1 had subtotal colectomy plus total proctectomy,and cecum-anal anastomosis.The median operating time was 7.5(6.5-9)h,the median blood loss was 250(150-400)mL,the median time to begin semi-fluid intake after operation was 62(60-86)h,the median time of hospital stay was 12(10-14)d,Postoperative pelvic infection occurred in 1 case,adhesive intestinal obstruction occurred in another case.The median follow-up time was 22(10-34)months,and the average number of daily bowel movement was 6.5(4-10)d;they were relapse-free,and had normal daily living and work at follow-up.Conclusions Laparoscopic surgical treatment of ulcerative colitis is associated with minor trauma and rapid recovery,and is safe and reliable,but further accumulation of cases is required.