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ArticleNature communications2025

Cortico-striatal circuit mechanisms drive the effects of D1 dopamine agonists on memory capacity in mice through cAMP/PKA signalling.

Maria De Risi, Diletta Cavezza, Giulia Torromino, Anita Capalbo, Xabier Bujanda Cundin, Rosaria Di Martino, Filomena Grazia Alvino, Attilio Iemolo, Luisa Speranza, Carla Perrone-Capano and 6 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. 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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5 · Who and what money

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16 authors.

Maria De Risi *Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo (Rome), Italy.
Diletta Cavezza *Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo (Rome), Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0696-6968
Giulia TorrominoInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo (Rome), Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7041-0289
Anita CapalboInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), Naples, Italy.
Xabier Bujanda CundinTelethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Telethon Foundation, Pozzuoli (Naples), Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-4660-7251
Rosaria Di MartinoInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), Naples, Italy.
Filomena Grazia AlvinoInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo (Rome), Italy.
Attilio IemoloInstitute of Genetics and Biophysics (IGB), National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy.
Luisa SperanzaInstitute of Genetics and Biophysics (IGB), National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy.
Carla Perrone-CapanoInstitute of Genetics and Biophysics (IGB), National Research Council (CNR), Naples, Italy.
Marianna CrispinoDepartment of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5797-8830
Carmine CirilloTelethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Telethon Foundation, Pozzuoli (Naples), Italy.
Alberto LuiniInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), Naples, Italy.
Francesca SaccoTelethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Telethon Foundation, Pozzuoli (Naples), Italy.
Paolo GrumatiTelethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Telethon Foundation, Pozzuoli (Naples), Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9942-9389
Elvira De LeonibusInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Monterotondo (Rome), Italy. elvira.deleonibus@cnr.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0220-2864

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Working memory capacity (WMC), the number of items remembered in a short-time interval, is regulated by fronto-striatal dopamine (DA) and is reduced in schizophrenia. We investigated how excessive and insufficient D1 dopamine receptor stimulation impairs and expands WMC, focusing on the cAMP/PKA pathway in the fronto-striatal circuit. Low doses of the D1 agonist SKF 38393 enhance WMC by activating the striatum (mice remember more objects), while high doses, paradoxically, impair WMC, activating the same pathway in the medial prefrontal cortex (mPFC) but inhibiting it in the striatum. This impairment, arising from mPFC-driven recruitment of inhibitory striatal parvalbumin interneurons, can be prevented by optogenetic inhibition of the mPFC-striatal pathway. Low doses of SKF 38393 also rescue WMC deficits in a schizophrenia mouse model. These results highlight the need for a systems pharmacology approach that considers complex brain interactions and intracellular signalling pathways, rather than isolated drug-receptor interactions, to develop memory-enhancing treatments.

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Corpus StriatumCyclic AMPCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesDopamine AgonistsMemory, Short-TermPrefrontal CortexReceptors, Dopamine D12,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepineAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalInterneuronsMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLOptogeneticsSchizophrenia2,3,4,5-Tetrahydro-7,8-dihydroxy-1-phenyl-1H-3-benzazepineCyclic AMPCyclic AMP-Dependent Protein KinasesDopamine AgonistsReceptors, Dopamine D1

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PMCPMC11914583

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