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Adaptive Encoding of Outcome Prediction by Prefrontal Cortex Ensembles Supports Behavioral Flexibility

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Title
Adaptive Encoding of Outcome Prediction by Prefrontal Cortex Ensembles Supports Behavioral Flexibility
Author(s)
Del Arco, A; Park, J; Wood, J; Yunbok Kim; Moghaddam, B
Subject
cognitive flexibility, ; decision making, ; gamma oscillations, ; outcome prediction, ; single-unit recording, ; working memory
Publication Date
2017-08
Journal
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, v.37, no.35, pp.8363 - 8373
Publisher
SOC NEUROSCIENCE
Abstract
The prefrontal cortex (PFC) is thought to play a critical role in behavioral flexibility by monitoring action-outcome contingencies. How PFC ensembles represent shifts in behavior in response to changes in these contingencies remains unclear. We recorded single-unit activity and local field potentials in the dorsomedial PFC (dmPFC) of male rats during a set-shifting task that required them to update their behavior, among competing options, in response to changes in action-outcome contingencies. As behavior was updated, a subset of PFC ensembles encoded the current trial outcome before the outcome was presented. This novel outcome-prediction encoding was absent in a control task, in which actions were rewarded pseudorandomly, indicating that PFC neurons are not merely providing an expectancy signal. In both control and set-shifting tasks, dmPFC neurons displayed postoutcome discrimination activity, indicating that these neurons also monitor whether a behavior is successful in generating rewards. Gamma-power oscillatory activity increased before the outcome in both tasks but did not differentiate between expected outcomes, suggesting that this measure is not related to set-shifting behavior but reflects expectation of an outcome after action execution. These results demonstrate that PFC neurons support flexible rule-based action selection by predicting outcomes that follow a particular action. Copyright ©2017 the authors
URI
https://pr.ibs.re.kr/handle/8788114/4052
DOI
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0450-17.2017
ISSN
0270-6474
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Center for Neuroscience Imaging Research (뇌과학 이미징 연구단) > 1. Journal Papers (저널논문)
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