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The Journal of Neuroscience, February 15, 1998, 18(4):1613-1621
D1 Receptor Modulation of Hippocampal-Prefrontal
Cortical Circuits Integrating Spatial Memory with Executive
Functions in the Rat
Jeremy K.
Seamans,
Stan B.
Floresco and
Anthony G.
Phillips
Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
Dopamine (DA) within the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays an important
role in modulating the short-term retention of information during
working memory tasks. In contrast, little is known about the role of DA
in modulating other executive aspects of working memory such as the use
of short-term memory to guide action. The present study examined the
effects of D1 and D2 receptor blockade in the
PFC on foraging by rats on a radial arm maze under two task conditions:
(1) a delayed task in which spatial information acquired during a
training phase was used 30 min later to guide prospective responses,
and (2) a nondelayed task that was identical to the test phase of the
delayed task but lacked a training phase, thereby depriving rats of
previous information about the location of food on the maze. In
experiment 1, microinjections of the D1 antagonist
SCH-23390 (0.05, 0.5, or 5 µg/µl), but not the D2
anatagonist sulpiride (0.05, 0.5, or 5 µg/µl), into the prelimbic
region of the PFC before the test phase disrupted performance of the
delayed task without affecting response latencies. In contrast, neither drug affected performance of the nondelayed task. In the present study,
we also investigated the role of D1 receptors in modulating activity in hippocampal-PFC circuits during delayed responding. Unilateral injections of SCH-23390 into the PFC in the hemisphere contralateral to a microinjection of lidocaine into the hippocampus severely disrupted performance of the delayed task. Thus, the ability
to use previously acquired spatial information to guide responding 30 min later on a radial arm maze requires D1 receptor activation in the PFC and D1 receptor modulation of
hippocampal inputs to the PFC. These data suggest that D1
receptors in the PFC are involved in working memory processes other
than just the short-term active retention of information and also
provide direct evidence for DA modulation of limbic-PFC circuits
during behavior.
Key words:
prefrontal cortex; hippocampal formation; dopamine; memory; foraging; radial maze
Copyright © 1998 Society for Neuroscience 0270-6474/98/1841613-09$05.00/0
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