{"id":594,"date":"2026-06-16T09:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T00:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neuroclub.jikei-neuroscience.com\/?p=594"},"modified":"2026-06-16T10:14:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T01:14:42","slug":"2026-6-17-%e6%8b%85%e5%bd%93-%e9%87%8e%e5%8f%a3%e6%b7%b3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neuroclub.jikei-neuroscience.com\/?p=594","title":{"rendered":"2026-6-17 \u62c5\u5f53 \u91ce\u53e3\u6df3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6\/17\u62c5\u5f53\u306e\u91ce\u53e3\uff08\u795e\u7d4c\u79d1\u5b66\u7814\u7a76\u90e8 \u8a2a\u554f\u7814\u7a76\u54e1\uff09\u3067\u3059\u3002<br>\n\u5f53\u65e5\u306f\u3001\u4e0b\u8a18\u306e\u8ad6\u6587\u3092\u7d39\u4ecb\u3055\u305b\u3066\u9802\u304f\u4e88\u5b9a\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morales I and Berridge KC. Optogenetic Hedonic Hotspots in the<br> Orbitofrontal Cortex and Insula: Causing Enhancement of Sweetness \u201c<br> Liking\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jneurosci.org\/content\/46\/16\/e0865252026\">J Neurosci. 2026 Apr 22;46(16):e0865252026. doi: 10.1523\/<br> JNEUROSCI.0865-25.2026.<br> PMID: 41839573<\/a><br> <br><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.lsa.umich.edu\/berridge-lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/743\/2026\/05\/2026-Morales-Berridge-Optogenetic-hotspots-in-OFC-and-insula-J-Neurosci.pdf\">PDF\u306f\u3001\u3053\u3061\u3089\u3067\u3059\u3002<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abstract\uff1b<br>\nHedonic hotspots are localized brain sites where appropriate<br>\nstimulations can amplify the hedonic impact of palatable tastes,<br>\nmeasured as increases in affective orofacial &#8220;liking&#8221; reactions to<br>\nsweetness in rodents. Previously, two cortical hedonic hotspots in the<br>\norbitofrontal cortex and insula were identified using opioid or orexin<br>\nmicroinjections as neurochemical manipulations. Here we used optogenetic<br>\nstimulation in male and female rats to independently confirm the sites<br>\nand boundaries of two cortical hedonic hotspots, as well as their<br>\nspecial hedonic enhancement functions. We report that channelrhodopsin<br>\nstimulations within the two hedonic hotspots of rostral orbitofrontal<br>\nand caudal insula each doubled the number of hedonic &#8220;liking&#8221; reactions<br>\nelicited by sucrose taste. Additionally, we confirmed that an<br>\nintervening suppressive hedonic coldstrip stretches between them, where<br>\nstimulation reduced &#8220;liking&#8221; reactions. In contrast to the localization<br>\nof hedonic hotspots for &#8220;liking&#8221; enhancement, motivational &#8220;wanting&#8221; for<br>\nreward, measured as laser self-stimulation, was mediated by more widely<br>\ndistributed cortical sites in both hotspots and coldstrip.<br>\nKeywords: insula; optogenetics; orbitofrontal cortex; reward; \u201cliking\u201d;<br>\n\u201cwanting\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u3088\u308d\u3057\u304f\u304a\u9858\u3044\u81f4\u3057\u307e\u3059\u3002<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u91ce\u53e3\u3000\u6df3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6\/17\u62c5\u5f53\u306e\u91ce\u53e3\uff08\u795e\u7d4c\u79d1\u5b66\u7814\u7a76\u90e8 \u8a2a\u554f\u7814\u7a76\u54e1\uff09\u3067\u3059\u3002 \u5f53\u65e5\u306f\u3001\u4e0b\u8a18\u306e\u8ad6\u6587\u3092\u7d39\u4ecb\u3055\u305b\u3066\u9802\u304f\u4e88\u5b9a\u3067\u3059\u3002 Morales I and Berridge KC. 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