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ArticleeLife2019

Synapse-specific opioid modulation of thalamo-cortico-striatal circuits.

William T Birdsong, Bart C Jongbloets, Kim A Engeln, Dong Wang, Grégory Scherrer, Tianyi Mao

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Article in eLife, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. Mediodorsal Thalamic Input to Striatum Contributes to Early Action Learning.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  9. Opioid Receptors Modulate Inhibition within the Prefrontal Cortex through Dissociable Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025
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  14. Neural circuits regulating visceral pain.Communications biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

William T Birdsong *Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, United States.
Bart C Jongbloets *Vollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4799-333X
Kim A EngelnVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, United States.
Dong WangDepartment of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.
Grégory ScherrerDepartment of Anesthesiology Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford Neurosciences Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, United States.
Tianyi MaoVollum Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3532-8319

Funding

Research in Anesthesia Training Program (ReAP)T32GM089626 · NIGMS · STANFORD UNIVERSITY · PI Vivianne L Tawfik · 2010 to 2026
$5.2M
Multiplex imaging of neuronal activity and signaling dynamics underlying learning in discrete amygdala circuits of behaving mice.R01NS104944 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI LI, BO, MAO, TIANYI · 2018 to 2022
$5.0M
Genetic and physiological dissection of the circuit mechanisms in the striatum.R01NS081071 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI MAO, TIANYI · 2013 to 2023
$3.6M
Identification of cells and signaling mechanisms underlying opioid analgesia and side effectsR01DA044481 · NIDA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SCHERRER, GREGORY · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
Opioid control of midline thalamo-cortico-striatal glutamate transmission.R01DA042779 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI BIRDSONG, WILLIAM T · 2017 to 2021
$1.4M
Amygdala mechanisms of pain aversionR01NS106301 · NINDS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SCHERRER, GREGORY · 2018 to 2022
$1.3M
A novel approach to examine slow synaptic transmission in vivoU01NS094247 · NINDS · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI MAO, TIANYI, ZHONG, HAINING · 2015 to 2018
$1.3M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The medial thalamus (MThal), anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) and striatum play important roles in affective-motivational pain processing and reward learning. Opioids affect both pain and reward through uncharacterized modulation of this circuitry. This study examined opioid actions on glutamate transmission between these brain regions in mouse. Mu-opioid receptor (MOR) agonists potently inhibited MThal inputs without affecting ACC inputs to individual striatal medium spiny neurons (MSNs). MOR activation also inhibited MThal inputs to the pyramidal neurons in the ACC. In contrast, delta-opioid receptor (DOR) agonists disinhibited ACC pyramidal neuron responses to MThal inputs by suppressing local feed-forward GABA signaling from parvalbumin-positive interneurons. As a result, DOR activation in the ACC facilitated poly-synaptic (thalamo-cortico-striatal) excitation of MSNs by MThal inputs. These results suggest that opioid effects on pain and reward may be shaped by the relative selectivity of opioid drugs to the specific circuit components.

Indexed as

Analgesics, OpioidAnimalsCorpus StriatumGyrus CinguliLearningMiceNerve NetPainReceptors, Opioid, deltaReceptors, Opioid, muSynapsesThalamusAnalgesics, OpioidReceptors, Opioid, deltaReceptors, Opioid, mucortexfeed-forward inhibitionmouseneuroscienceopioidopioid receptorstriatumthalamus

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PMID31099753
PMCPMC6541437

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