ArticleThe Journal of physiology2012
Serotonin inhibits low-threshold spike interneurons in the striatum.
Article in The Journal of physiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Dopamine and serotonin inversely modulate D2 medium spiny neurons to regulate cocaine reward.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Striatal low-threshold spiking interneurons locally gate dopamine.Current biology : CB · 2021Article
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- Dichotomous Effects of Mu Opioid Receptor Activation on Striatal Low-Threshold Spike Interneurons.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2017Article
- Mutual Control of Cholinergic and Low-Threshold Spike Interneurons in the Striatum.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2016Article
- Multiple controls exerted by 5-HT2C receptors upon basal ganglia function: from physiology to pathophysiology.Experimental brain research · 2013Review
- Sleep and Serotonin Modulate Paracapsular Nitric Oxide Synthase Expressing Neurons of the Amygdala.eNeuroArticle
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Abstract
Low-threshold spike interneurons (LTSIs) are important elements of the striatal architecture and the only known source of nitric oxide in this nucleus, but their rarity has so far prevented systematic studies. Here, we used transgenic mice in which green fluorescent protein is expressed under control of the neuropeptide Y (NPY) promoter and striatal NPY-expressing LTSIs can be easily identified, to investigate the effects of serotonin on these neurons. In sharp contrast with its excitatory action on other striatal interneurons, serotonin (30 μM) strongly inhibited LTSIs, reducing or abolishing their spontaneous firing activity and causing membrane hyperpolarisations.These hyperpolarisations persisted in the presence of tetrodotoxin, were mimicked by 5-HT(2C) receptor agonists and reversed by 5-HT(2C) antagonists. Voltage-clamp slow-ramp experiments showed that serotonin caused a strong increase in an outward current activated by depolarisations that was blocked by the specific M current blocker XE 991. In current-clamp experiments,XE 991 per se caused membrane depolarisations in LTSIs and subsequent application of serotonin (in the presence of XE 991) failed to affect these neurons.We concluded that serotonin strongly inhibits striatal LTSIs acting through postsynaptic 5-HT(2C) receptors and increasing an M type current.
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