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ArticleScience advances2025

Dopamine and serotonin cotransmission filters striatonigral synaptic activity via 5-HT1B receptor activation.

Maya Molinari, Alina Aaltonen, Ori J Lieberman, David Sulzer, Emanuela Santini, Anders Borgkvist

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  2. Dopamine's secret agent: serotonin.Trends in neurosciences · 2026
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6 authors.

Maya MolinariDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-2251-2851
Alina AaltonenDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0001-2893-3000
Ori J LiebermanDepartment of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
David SulzerDepartment of Psychiatry, Neurology, Pharmacology, Columbia University Irving, Medical Center, and Division of Molecular Therapeutics, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7632-0439
Emanuela SantiniDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0009-0007-2217-457X
Anders BorgkvistDepartment of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0003-1698-0288

Funding

The Dopamine Synapse and Associative LearningR01DA007418 · NIDA · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI David Sulzer · 1999 to 2026
$9.4M
Regulation of striatal maturation by dopamine and macroautophagy: implications for neuropsychiatric disordersF30MH114390 · NIMH · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI LIEBERMAN, ORI J · 2017 to 2020
$181k
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA007418NIMH NIH HHS F30 MH114390
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The substantia nigra pars reticulata (SNr), a key basal ganglia output nucleus, is modulated by dopamine (DA) believed to be released locally from midbrain DA neurons. Although DA has been proposed to regulate γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) release from medium spiny neuron (MSN) terminals via presynaptic D1 receptors, the precise mechanisms remain unclear. Using presynaptic optical recordings of synaptic vesicle fusion, calcium influx in D1-MSN synapses together with postsynaptic patch-clamp recordings from SNr neurons, we found that DA inhibits D1-MSN GABA release in a frequency-dependent manner. Unexpectedly, this effect was independent of DA receptors and instead required 5-HT1B receptor activation. Using two-photon serotonin biosensor imaging in slices and fiber photometry in vivo, we demonstrate that DA enhances extracellular serotonin in the SNr via inhibition of serotonin reuptake. Our results suggest that serotonin mediates DAergic control of basal ganglia output and contributes to the therapeutic actions of dopaminergic medications for Parkinson's disease and psychostimulant-related disorders.

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DopamineReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1BSerotoninSubstantia NigraSynapsesSynaptic TransmissionAnimalsDopaminergic Neuronsgamma-Aminobutyric AcidMaleMiceDopaminegamma-Aminobutyric AcidReceptor, Serotonin, 5-HT1BSerotonin

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PMID41191762
PMCPMC12588298

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