Afferent Connections to the Rostrolateral Part of the Periaqueductal Gray: A Critical Region Influencing the Motivation Drive to Hunt and Forage
Previous studies have shown that a particular site in the periaqueductal gray (PAG), the rostrolateral PAG, influences the motivation drive to forage or hunt. To have a deeper understanding on the putative paths involved in the decision-making process between foraging, hunting, and other behavioral...
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| author | Sandra Regina Mota-Ortiz Marcia Harumi Sukikara Luciano Freitas Felicio Newton Sabino Canteras |
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| description | Previous studies have shown that a particular site in the periaqueductal gray (PAG), the rostrolateral PAG, influences the motivation drive to forage or hunt. To have a deeper understanding on the putative paths involved in the decision-making process between foraging, hunting, and other behavioral responses, in the present investigation, we carried out a systematic analysis of the neural inputs to the rostrolateral PAG (rlPAG), using Fluorogold as a retrograde tracer. According to the present findings, the rlPAG appears to be importantly driven by medial prefrontal cortical areas involved in controlling attention-related and decision-making processes. Moreover, the rlPAG also receives a wealth of information from different amygdalar, hypothalamic, and brainstem sites related to feeding, drinking, or hunting behavioral responses. Therefore, this unique combination of afferent connections puts the rlPAG in a privileged position to influence the motivation drive to choose whether hunting and foraging would be the most appropriate adaptive responses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-13c57da47ff444c3beb36e7774d0838b2025-02-03T00:59:57ZengWileyNeural Plasticity2090-59041687-54432009-01-01200910.1155/2009/612698612698Afferent Connections to the Rostrolateral Part of the Periaqueductal Gray: A Critical Region Influencing the Motivation Drive to Hunt and ForageSandra Regina Mota-Ortiz0Marcia Harumi Sukikara1Luciano Freitas Felicio2Newton Sabino Canteras3Laboratory of Neurosciences, City University of Sao Paulo, UNICID, Rua Cesário Galeno 448, 03071-000 Sao Paulo, SP, BrazilDepartment of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, University of Sao Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 Sao Paulo, SP, BrazilDepartment of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, University of Sao Paulo, Avenida Professor Dr. Orlando Marques de Paiva 87, 05508-270 Sao Paulo, SP, BrazilDepartment of Anatomy, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, Avenida Professor Lineu Prestes 2465, 05508-900 Sao Paulo, SP, BrazilPrevious studies have shown that a particular site in the periaqueductal gray (PAG), the rostrolateral PAG, influences the motivation drive to forage or hunt. To have a deeper understanding on the putative paths involved in the decision-making process between foraging, hunting, and other behavioral responses, in the present investigation, we carried out a systematic analysis of the neural inputs to the rostrolateral PAG (rlPAG), using Fluorogold as a retrograde tracer. According to the present findings, the rlPAG appears to be importantly driven by medial prefrontal cortical areas involved in controlling attention-related and decision-making processes. Moreover, the rlPAG also receives a wealth of information from different amygdalar, hypothalamic, and brainstem sites related to feeding, drinking, or hunting behavioral responses. Therefore, this unique combination of afferent connections puts the rlPAG in a privileged position to influence the motivation drive to choose whether hunting and foraging would be the most appropriate adaptive responses.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/612698 |
| spellingShingle | Sandra Regina Mota-Ortiz Marcia Harumi Sukikara Luciano Freitas Felicio Newton Sabino Canteras Afferent Connections to the Rostrolateral Part of the Periaqueductal Gray: A Critical Region Influencing the Motivation Drive to Hunt and Forage Neural Plasticity |
| title | Afferent Connections to the Rostrolateral Part of the Periaqueductal Gray: A Critical Region Influencing the Motivation Drive to Hunt and Forage |
| title_full | Afferent Connections to the Rostrolateral Part of the Periaqueductal Gray: A Critical Region Influencing the Motivation Drive to Hunt and Forage |
| title_fullStr | Afferent Connections to the Rostrolateral Part of the Periaqueductal Gray: A Critical Region Influencing the Motivation Drive to Hunt and Forage |
| title_full_unstemmed | Afferent Connections to the Rostrolateral Part of the Periaqueductal Gray: A Critical Region Influencing the Motivation Drive to Hunt and Forage |
| title_short | Afferent Connections to the Rostrolateral Part of the Periaqueductal Gray: A Critical Region Influencing the Motivation Drive to Hunt and Forage |
| title_sort | afferent connections to the rostrolateral part of the periaqueductal gray a critical region influencing the motivation drive to hunt and forage |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/612698 |
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