Similar roles of substantia nigra and ventral tegmental dopamine neurons in reward and aversion
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Dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA) are implicated in affective functions. However, it is unclear to what extent dopamine neurons in substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) play such roles. TH-Cre transgenic mice received adeno-associated viral vectors encoding channelrhodopsin2 (ChR2), halorhodopsin (NpHR), or control vector into the VTA or SNc, resulting in selective expression of these opsins in dopamine neurons. Mice with ChR2 learned instrumental responding to deliver photostimulation into the VTA or SNc and also sought for the compartment where they received photostimulation (i.e., operant place preference). Operant place preference scores were highly correlated with self-stimulation responses. In contrast, mice with NpHR avoided the compartment where they received photostimulation into the VTA, SNc, or dorsal striatum, whereas control mice did not. These observations suggest that the excitation and inhibition of SNc dopamine neurons elicit positive and negative affective effects, respectively, similar to those of VTA dopamine neurons.
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VTA-DA neurons play a central role in modulating the pleasurable and aversive aspects of social interactions.
“Dopaminergic neurons, arising from both the ventral tegmental area (VTA) and substantia nigra (SN), have attracted significant scientific interest regarding social behaviour, particularly VTA-DA neurons, owing to their central role in modulating the pleasurable and aversive aspects of social interactions (Gunaydin et al., 2014; Ilango et al., 2014; Merrer et al., 2024; Soli ´ e et al., 2022).”
From Convergence of oxytocin and dopamine signalling in neuronal circuits: Insights into the neurobiology of social interactions across species (2024) · cites this paper as Ilango et al., 2014
The Introduction and Discussion (pp. 817–822) support a role for VTA dopamine neurons in reward and aversion. They do not establish that these neurons modulate the pleasurable and aversive aspects of social interactions; the Discussion mentions social stress only in connection with a reported effect on later depression-like behavior. (LLM, conf=0.88)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredSNc-DA neurons play a pivotal role in motor function, goal-directed behaviour and reward.
“SNc-DA neurons play a pivotal role in motor function, goal-directed behaviour and reward (Ilango et al., 2014; Kim et al., 2015).”
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- Authors
- Ilango, A., Kesner, A. J., Keller, K. L., Stuber, G. D., Bonci, A., & Ikemoto, S.
- Affiliations
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- National Institutes of Health (US)
- Venue
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- Publisher
- Society for Neuroscience
- Published
- 2014-01-15
- Volume
- 34
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 817-822
- ISSN
- 0270-6474 (ISSN-L)
- 1529-2401
- PMC
- PMC3891961
- OpenAlex
- W1964812893
- Cited by
- 255
- References
- 33
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 18 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 24 · 2018: 28 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 28 · 2015: 33 · 2014: 15
- FWCI
- 14.62
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journal of Neuroscience (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) (submittedVersion)
- UNC Libraries
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA032750)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Keywords
- substantia nigra pars compacta, ventral tegmental area, dopaminergic neurons, reward, aversion, self-stimulation, photostimulation, halorhodopsin, emotional behavior, dorsal striatum
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Avoidance Learning, Conditioning, Operant, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Reward, Substantia Nigra, Ventral Tegmental Area, Mice, Gene Knock-In Techniques, Dopaminergic Neurons
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