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ArticleNature communications2025

Caudate serotonin signaling during social exchange distinguishes essential tremor and Parkinson's disease patients.

Alec E Hartle, Kenneth T Kishida, L Paul Sands, Seth R Batten, Leonardo S Barbosa, Dan Bang, Terry Lohrenz, Jason P White, Arian K Sohrabi, Rebecca L Calafiore 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 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Alec E Hartle *School of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. aleceh@vt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4089-5473
Kenneth T Kishida *Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7394-8922
L Paul Sands *Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.
Seth R BattenFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8147-4301
Leonardo S BarbosaFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.
Dan BangFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7446-7090
Terry LohrenzFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1581-0765
Jason P WhiteFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1754-3768
Arian K SohrabiDepartment of Translational Neuroscience, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9289-9222
Rebecca L CalafioreDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Alexandra G DiFeliceantonioFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7155-6060
Adrian W LaxtonDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Stephen B TatterDepartment of Neurosurgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1063-0431
Mark R WitcherFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.
P Read MontagueFralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA. read@vtc.vt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8967-0339
W Matt HoweSchool of Neuroscience, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. wmhowe@vt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0433-6591

Funding

Wake Forest Clinical and Translational Science AwardKL2TR001421 · NCATS · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI MILLER, DAVID P · 2015 to 2023
$5.8M
Computational and electrochemical substrates of social decision-making in humansR01MH124115 · NIMH · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI GU, XIAOSI, KISHIDA, KENNETH TUCKER · 2020 to 2024
$5.1M
Sub-second neurochemistry of error signals and affective processing in depressionR01MH122512 · NIMH · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI PEARL H CHIU, P Read Montague · 2022 to 2026
$3.7M
Direct sub-second measurement of neuromodulator signaling during risky decision-makingR01MH122948 · NIMH · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI CASAS, BROOKS, MONTAGUE, P READ · 2020 to 2024
$3.3M
Direct Dopamine Recording From Humans Engaging Working MemoryR01MH132635 · NIMH · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI P Read Montague · 2023 to 2026
$2.7M
Dopaminergic encoding of counterfactual information in human striatumR01NS092701 · NINDS · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI MONTAGUE, P READ · 2015 to 2019
$2.6M
Neuro-computational Approach to Determine a Neurochemical Basis of Mood and DepressionR01MH121099 · NIMH · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KISHIDA, KENNETH TUCKER · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
Real-time neurochemical encoding of reward- and punishment-prediction errors and associated subjective experiences in humansR01DA048096 · NIDA · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KISHIDA, KENNETH TUCKER · 2019 to 2023
$1.7M
Sub-second catecholamine dynamics underlying food reward in humansR01DK141764 · NIDDK · VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INST AND ST UNIV · PI Alexandra Gold DiFeliceantonio, William Matthew Howe · 2025 to 2026
$1.4M
Lundbeckfonden (Lundbeck Foundation) R368-2021-325NCATS NIH HHS KL2 TR001421NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA048096NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK141764NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH121099NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH122512NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH122948NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH124115NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH132635NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS092701U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) KL2TR001421U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) R01DK141764U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH121099U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH122512U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH122948U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH124115U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) R01MH132635U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) R01NS092701U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) R01DA048096
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dynamic changes in dopamine, noradrenaline, and serotonin release are believed to causally contribute to the neural computations that support reward-based decision making. Accordingly, changes in signaling by these systems are hypothesized to underwrite multiple cognitive and behavioral symptoms observed in many neurological disorders. Here, we characterize the release of these neurotransmitters measured concurrently in the caudate of patients with Parkinson's disease or essential tremor undergoing deep brain stimulation surgery as they played a social exchange game. We show that violations in the expected value of monetary offers are encoded by opponent patterns of dopamine and serotonin release in essential tremor, but not Parkinson's disease, patients. We also demonstrate that these changes in serotonin signaling comprise a neurochemical boundary that subsegments these two neuromotor diseases. Our combined results point to a neural signature of altered reward processing that can be used to understand the signaling deficiencies that underwrite these diseases.

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Caudate NucleusEssential TremorParkinson DiseaseSerotoninAgedDecision MakingDopamineFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedRewardSignal TransductionDopamineSerotonin

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PMID40897696
PMCPMC12405566

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