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Dopamine Neurons Control Striatal Cholinergic Neurons via Regionally Heterogeneous Dopamine and Glutamate Signaling

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Chuhma, Nao, Mingote, Susana, Moore, Holly, Rayport, Stephen·2014·Neuron

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Midbrain dopamine neurons fire in bursts conveying salient information. Bursts are associated with pauses in tonic firing of striatal cholinergic interneurons. Although the reciprocal balance of dopamine and acetylcholine in the striatum is well known, how dopamine neurons control cholinergic neurons has not been elucidated. Here, we show that dopamine neurons make direct fast dopaminergic and glutamatergic connections with cholinergic interneurons, with regional heterogeneity. Dopamine neurons drive a burst-pause firing sequence in cholinergic interneurons in the medial shell of the nucleus accumbens, mixed actions in the accumbens core, and a pause in the dorsal striatum. This heterogeneity is due mainly to regional variation in dopamine-neuron glutamate cotransmission. A single dose of amphetamine attenuates dopamine neuron connections to cholinergic interneurons with dose-dependent regional specificity. Overall, the present data indicate that dopamine neurons control striatal circuit function via discrete, plastic connections with cholinergic interneurons.

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  • Inhomogeneous neuronal release of acetylcholine, glutamate and substance P affects dopamine release, which, together with the heterogeneous striosome-matrix compartments, would result in diverse dopamine release.

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Authors
Chuhma, N., Mingote, S., Moore, H., & Rayport, S.
Affiliations
  • Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
  • New York State Psychiatric Institute (US)
  • Columbia University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Chuhma, Nao
  • Rayport, Stephen
Venue
Neuron
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-02
Volume
81
Issue
4
Pages
901-912
ISSN
0896-6273 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2016558598
Cited by
233
References
50
Citations by year
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FWCI
11.42
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Neuron (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • Columbia Academic Commons (Columbia University)
Funders
  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression
  • National Institutes of Health (5p50mh066171-05)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (P50MH086404, P50-MH066171, MH086404, NIMH P50)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA017978, R01DA017978)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neurological disorders and treatments
Keywords
dopaminergic neurons, striatal cholinergic interneurons, burst firing, nucleus accumbens shell, nucleus accumbens core, dorsal striatum, amphetamine, synaptic plasticity
MeSH terms
Acetylcholine, Animals, Dopamine, Interneurons, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Nucleus Accumbens, Receptors, Nicotinic, Signal Transduction, Glutamic Acid, Mice, Dopaminergic Neurons, Cholinergic Neurons

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