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ArticleCurrent biology : CB2017

Differential Control of Dopaminergic Excitability and Locomotion by Cholinergic Inputs in Mouse Substantia Nigra.

Jasem Estakhr, Danya Abazari, Kaitlyn Frisby, J Michael McIntosh, Raad Nashmi

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Article in Current biology : CB, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jasem EstakhrDepartment of Biology, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.
Danya AbazariDepartment of Biology, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.
Kaitlyn FrisbyDepartment of Biology, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada.
J Michael McIntoshDepartments of Psychiatry and Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
Raad NashmiDepartment of Biology, Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8P 5C2, Canada. Electronic address: raad@uvic.ca.
University of Victoria · CAUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Venoms, Biological Resources, Molecular BiologyP01GM048677 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI OLIVERA, BALDOMERO M · 1993 to 2018
$32.2M
Novel nAChR-Targeted PeptidesR01GM103801 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI MCINTOSH, J MICHAEL · 2012 to 2019
$2.4M
NIGMS NIH HHS P01 GM048677NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM103801
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding how dopaminergic (DA) neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) govern movements requires a detailed knowledge of how different neurotransmitter systems modulate DA neuronal excitability. We report a heterogeneity of electrophysiological properties between medial and lateral SNc neurons modulated by cholinergic neurotransmission. Lateral DA neurons received mainly excitatory (nicotinic or glutamatergic) mediated cholinergic neurotransmission. Medial DA neurons received predominantly GABAergic currents mediated by presynaptic nicotinic receptors or biphasic GABAergic and nicotinic neurotransmission conveyed by GABA and ACh corelease, which inhibited DA neurons. To examine whether cholinergic signaling in the SNc controls mouse behavior, we used optogenetics in awake behaving mice and found that activation of cholinergic terminals in the medial SNc decreased locomotion, whereas activation in the lateral SNc increased locomotion. Our findings provide novel insights on how cholinergic inputs to subregions of the SNc regulate the excitability of DA neurons differentially, resulting in different patterns of motor behavior.

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LocomotionSynaptic TransmissionAnimalsDopamineDopaminergic NeuronsFemaleMaleMicePars CompactaDopaminechannelrhodopsincholinergicdopaminergic neuronslocomotionmotornicotinic acetylcholine receptorsoptogeneticssubstantia nigra

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PMID28648825
PMCPMC5529215
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