Development and Organization of the Evolutionarily Conserved Three-Layered Olfactory Cortex

Overview

Journal eNeuro

Specialty Neurology

Date 2017 Feb 2

PMID 28144624

Citations 19

Authors

Esther Klingler

Affiliations

Soon will be listed here.

Abstract

The olfactory cortex is part of the mammalian cerebral cortex together with the neocortex and the hippocampus. It receives direct input from the olfactory bulbs and participates in odor discrimination, association, and learning (Bekkers and Suzuki, 2013). It is thought to be an evolutionarily conserved paleocortex, which shares common characteristics with the three-layered general cortex of reptiles (Aboitiz et al., 2002). The olfactory cortex has been studied as a "simple model" to address sensory processing, though little is known about its precise cell origin, diversity, and identity. While the development and the cellular diversity of the six-layered neocortex are increasingly understood, the olfactory cortex remains poorly documented in these aspects. Here is a review of current knowledge of the development and organization of the olfactory cortex, keeping the analogy with those of the neocortex. The comparison of olfactory cortex and neocortex will allow the opening of evolutionary perspectives on cortical development.

Citing Articles

How do mammals convert dynamic odor information into neural maps for landscape navigation?.

Sunil A, Pedroncini O, Schaefer A, Ackels T PLoS Biol. 2024; 22(11):e3002908.

PMID: 39571004 PMC: 11581409. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002908.

Stability of cross-sensory input to primary somatosensory cortex across experience.

Kato D, Bruno R bioRxiv. 2024; .

PMID: 39149350 PMC: 11326227. DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.07.607026.

Control of innate olfactory valence by segregated cortical amygdala circuits.

Howe J, Chan C, Lee D, Blanquart M, Lee J, Romero H bioRxiv. 2024; .

PMID: 38979308 PMC: 11230396. DOI: 10.1101/2024.06.26.600895.

Lineage Relationships Between Subpallial Progenitors and Glial Cells in the Piriform Cortex.

Sanchez-Gonzalez R, Lopez-Mascaraque L Front Neurosci. 2022; 16:825969.

PMID: 35386594 PMC: 8979001. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.825969.

Postnatal Development of Centrifugal Inputs to the Olfactory Bulb.

Kostka J, Bitzenhofer S Front Neurosci. 2022; 16:815282.

PMID: 35281496 PMC: 8908425. DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.815282.

References

Kim A, Anderson S, Rubenstein J, Lowenstein D, Pleasure S . Pax-6 regulates expression of SFRP-2 and Wnt-7b in the developing CNS. J Neurosci. 2001; 21(5):RC132. PMC: 6762962. View

Marin-Padilla M . Cajal-Retzius cells and the development of the neocortex. Trends Neurosci. 1998; 21(2):64-71. DOI: 10.1016/s0166-2236(97)01164-8. View

Nacher J, Crespo C, McEwen B . Doublecortin expression in the adult rat telencephalon. Eur J Neurosci. 2001; 14(4):629-44. DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816x.2001.01683.x. View

Haberly L . Parallel-distributed processing in olfactory cortex: new insights from morphological and physiological analysis of neuronal circuitry. Chem Senses. 2001; 26(5):551-76. DOI: 10.1093/chemse/26.5.551. View

Wood J, Martin S, Price D . Evidence that the earliest generated cells of the murine cerebral cortex form a transient population in the subplate and marginal zone. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 1992; 66(1):137-40. DOI: 10.1016/0165-3806(92)90150-u. View

Bayer S . Neurogenesis in the rat primary olfactory cortex. Int J Dev Neurosci. 1986; 4(3):251-71. DOI: 10.1016/0736-5748(86)90063-8. View

Ojima H, Mori K, Kishi K . The trajectory of mitral cell axons in the rabbit olfactory cortex revealed by intracellular HRP injection. J Comp Neurol. 1984; 230(1):77-87. DOI: 10.1002/cne.902300107. View

Suzuki N, Bekkers J . Distinctive classes of GABAergic interneurons provide layer-specific phasic inhibition in the anterior piriform cortex. Cereb Cortex. 2010; 20(12):2971-84. PMC: 2978245. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhq046. View

Choy J, Suzuki N, Shima Y, Budisantoso T, Nelson S, Bekkers J . Optogenetic Mapping of Intracortical Circuits Originating from Semilunar Cells in the Piriform Cortex. Cereb Cortex. 2015; 27(1):589-601. PMC: 5939214. DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhv258. View

10.

Takiguchi-Hayashi K, Sekiguchi M, Ashigaki S, Takamatsu M, Hasegawa H, Suzuki-Migishima R . Generation of reelin-positive marginal zone cells from the caudomedial wall of telencephalic vesicles. J Neurosci. 2004; 24(9):2286-95. PMC: 6730420. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4671-03.2004. View

11.

Haberly L, Price J . Association and commissural fiber systems of the olfactory cortex of the rat. J Comp Neurol. 1978; 178(4):711-40. DOI: 10.1002/cne.901780408. View

12.

Ghanem N, Yu M, Long J, Hatch G, Rubenstein J, Ekker M . Distinct cis-regulatory elements from the Dlx1/Dlx2 locus mark different progenitor cell populations in the ganglionic eminences and different subtypes of adult cortical interneurons. J Neurosci. 2007; 27(19):5012-22. PMC: 4917363. DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4725-06.2007. View

13.

Kawasaki T, Ito K, Hirata T . Netrin 1 regulates ventral tangential migration of guidepost neurons in the lateral olfactory tract. Development. 2006; 133(5):845-53. DOI: 10.1242/dev.02257. View

14.

Assimacopoulos S, Grove E, Ragsdale C . Identification of a Pax6-dependent epidermal growth factor family signaling source at the lateral edge of the embryonic cerebral cortex. J Neurosci. 2003; 23(16):6399-403. PMC: 6740631. View

15.

Anton E, Marchionni M, Lee K, Rakic P . Role of GGF/neuregulin signaling in interactions between migrating neurons and radial glia in the developing cerebral cortex. Development. 1997; 124(18):3501-10. DOI: 10.1242/dev.124.18.3501. View

16.

Stoykova A, Fritsch R, Walther C, Gruss P . Forebrain patterning defects in Small eye mutant mice. Development. 1996; 122(11):3453-65. DOI: 10.1242/dev.122.11.3453. View

17.

Vitali I, Jabaudon D . Synaptic biology of barrel cortex circuit assembly. Semin Cell Dev Biol. 2014; 35:156-64. DOI: 10.1016/j.semcdb.2014.07.009. View

18.

Davison I, Ehlers M . Neural circuit mechanisms for pattern detection and feature combination in olfactory cortex. Neuron. 2011; 70(1):82-94. PMC: 3086570. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2011.02.047. View

19.

Stoykova A, Treichel D, Hallonet M, Gruss P . Pax6 modulates the dorsoventral patterning of the mammalian telencephalon. J Neurosci. 2000; 20(21):8042-50. PMC: 6772738. View

20.

Borrell V, Gotz M . Role of radial glial cells in cerebral cortex folding. Curr Opin Neurobiol. 2014; 27:39-46. DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2014.02.007. View