The invention provides a social disorder
animal model construction method based on a basal lateral amygdaloid
nucleus-screen
nucleus neural circuit and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of
animal model construction. The method comprises the following steps: injecting a
viral vector carrying a photosensitive
protein gene or a photosuppressive
protein gene into amygdaloid
nucleus on the outer side of an animal basal to express neurons of
cholecystokinin or neurons of CaMKII alpha; embedding an
optical fiber above the screen-shaped core;
first light stimulation is applied through an
optical fiber to activate nerve projection from amygdaloid nucleus on the outer side of the substrate to the screen nucleus, and a social disorder
animal model is obtained; or applying a second photostimulus to inhibit the projection, resulting in a social disorder relief animal model. According to the invention, specific photogenetic regulation and control of the BLACCK +-CLA neural circuit is realized for the first time, social behaviors can be accurately regulated and controlled without interfering with movement and
anxiety levels, and a reliable experimental tool is provided for mechanism research and
drug screening of social obstacles.