Upregulation and axonal transport of synaptotagmin-IV in the direct-pathway medium spiny neurons in hemi-parkinsonian rats induced by dopamine D1 receptor stimulation

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (7) ◽  
pp. 885-898 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larisa Tratnjek ◽  
Gordana Glavan ◽  
Tanja Višnjar ◽  
Marko Živin



2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie C. Gantz ◽  
Maria M. Ortiz ◽  
Andrew J. Belilos ◽  
Khaled Moussawi

SUMMARYUltrapotent chemogenetics, including the chloride-permeable inhibitory PSAM4-GlyR receptor, were recently proposed as a powerful strategy to selectively control neuronal activity in awake, behaving animals. We aimed to validate the inhibitory function of PSAM4-GlyR in dopamine D1 receptor-expressing medium spiny neurons (D1-MSNs) in the ventral striatum. Activation of PSAM4-GlyR with the uPSEM792 ligand enhanced rather than suppressed the activity of D1-MSNs in vivo as indicated by increased c-fos expression in D1-MSNs. Whole-cell recordings in mouse brain slices showed that activation of PSAM4-GlyR did not inhibit firing of action potentials in D1-MSNs. Activation of PSAM4-GlyR depolarized D1-MSNs, attenuated GABAergic inhibition, and shifted the reversal potential of PSAM4-GlyR current to more depolarized potentials, perpetuating the depolarizing effect of receptor activation. The data show that ‘inhibitory’ PSAM4-GlyR chemogenetics may actually activate certain cell types, and highlight the pitfalls of utilizing chloride conductances to inhibit neurons.



1990 ◽  
Vol 186 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 335-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Geert Damsma ◽  
Chui-Se Tham ◽  
George S. Robertson ◽  
Hans C. Fibiger


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrienne C. Loewke ◽  
Adelaide R. Minerva ◽  
Alexandra B. Nelson ◽  
Anatol C. Kreitzer ◽  
Lisa A. Gunaydin

ABSTRACTThe dorsomedial prefrontal cortex (dmPFC) has been linked to approach-avoidance behavior and decision-making under conflict, key neural computations thought to be altered in anxiety disorders. However, the heterogeneity of efferent prefrontal projections has obscured identification of the specific top-down neural pathways regulating these anxiety-related behaviors. While the dmPFC-amygdala circuit has long been implicated in controlling reflexive fear responses, recent work suggests that this circuit is less important for avoidance behavior. We hypothesized that dmPFC neurons projecting to the dorsomedial striatum (DMS) represent a subset of prefrontal neurons that robustly encode and drive approach-avoidance behavior. Using fiber photometry recording during the elevated zero maze (EZM) task, we show heightened neural activity in prefrontal and fronto-striatal projection neurons, but not fronto-amydalar projection neurons, during exploration of the anxiogenic open arms of the maze. Additionally, through pathway-specific optogenetics we demonstrate that this fronto-striatal projection preferentially excites postsynaptic D1 receptor-expressing medium spiny neurons in the DMS and bidirectionally controls avoidance behavior. We conclude that this striatal-projecting subpopulation of prefrontal neurons regulates approach-avoidance conflict, supporting a model for prefrontal control of defensive behavior in which the dmPFC-amygdala projection controls reflexive fear behavior and the dmPFC-striatum projection controls anxious avoidance behavior. Our findings identify this fronto-striatal circuit as a valuable therapeutic target for developing interventions to alleviate excessive avoidance behavior in anxiety disorders.



1984 ◽  
Vol 104 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 387-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.K. Meyer ◽  
A. Holland ◽  
U. Conzelmann


1996 ◽  
Vol 218 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrizia Popoli ◽  
Lydia Giménez-Llort ◽  
Antonella Pezzola ◽  
Rosaria Reggio ◽  
Emili Martínez ◽  
...  


2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (12) ◽  
pp. 4885-4897 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satomi Chiken ◽  
Asako Sato ◽  
Chikara Ohta ◽  
Makoto Kurokawa ◽  
Satoshi Arai ◽  
...  


Author(s):  
Alessandra Bonito-Oliva ◽  
Caitlin DuPont ◽  
Nather Madjid ◽  
Sven Ove Ögren ◽  
Gilberto Fisone


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