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- Title
Endogenous nicotinic cholinergic activity regulates dopamine release in the striatum.
- Authors
Zhou, Fu-Ming; Liang, Yong; Dani, John A.
- Abstract
Dopamine is vital for coordinated motion and for association learning linked to behavioral reinforcement. Here we show that the precise overlap of striatal dopaminergic and cholinergic fibers underlies potent control of dopamine release by ongoing nicotinic receptor activity. In mouse striatal slices, nicotinic antagonists or depletion of endogenous acetylcholine decreased evoked dopamine release by 90%. Nicotine at the concentration experienced by smokers also regulated dopamine release. In mutant mice lacking the β2 nicotinic subunit, evoked dopamine release was dramatically suppressed, and those mice did not show cholinergic regulation of dopamine release. The results offer new perspectives when considering nicotine addiction and the high prevalence of smoking in schizophrenics.
- Subjects
DOPAMINE; NICOTINIC receptors; CHOLINERGIC receptors
- Publication
Nature Neuroscience, 2001, Vol 4, Issue 12, p1224
- ISSN
1097-6256
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nn769