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ArticleCurrent neuropharmacology2009

Towards a reconceptualization of striatal interactions between glutamatergic and dopaminergic neurotransmission and their contribution to the production of movements.

Hélène N David

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Article in Current neuropharmacology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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  4. Melanin-concentrating hormone is necessary for olanzapine-inhibited locomotor activity in male mice.European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2015
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Hélène N DavidNNOXe Pharmaceuticals, 3107 Avenue des Hôtels, Suite 18C, Québec, QC, G1W 4W5, Canada. hdavid@cyceron.fr

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

According to the current model of the basal ganglia organization, simultaneous activation of the striato-nigral direct pathway by glutamatergic and dopaminergic neurotransmission should lead to a synergistic facilitatory action on locomotor activity, while in contrast activation of the indirect pathway by these two neurotransmittions should lead to antagonistic effects on locomotor activity. Based on published data, as a break with the current thinking, we propose a reconceptualization of functional interactions between dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurotransmission. In this model, dopaminergic neurotransmission is seen as a motor pacemaker responsible for the basal and primary activation of striatal output neurons and glutamate as a driver providing a multiple combination of tonic, phasic, facilitatory and inhibitory influxes resulting from the processing of environmental, emotional and mnesic stimuli. Thus, in the model, glutamate-coded inputs would allow tuning the intrinsic motor-activating properties of dopamine to adjust the production of locomotor activity into goal-oriented movements.

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Dopamine-glutamate striatal interactionsgoal-oriented movementslocomotor activitynucleus accumbensstriatum.

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PMID19949572
PMCPMC2730005

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