Title |
K-ATP channels in dopamine substantia nigra neurons control bursting and novelty-induced exploration
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Published in |
Nature Neuroscience, August 2012
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DOI | 10.1038/nn.3185 |
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Authors |
Julia Schiemann, Falk Schlaudraff, Verena Klose, Markus Bingmer, Susumu Seino, Peter J Magill, Kareem A Zaghloul, Gaby Schneider, Birgit Liss, Jochen Roeper |
Abstract |
Phasic activation of the dopamine (DA) midbrain system in response to unexpected reward or novelty is critical for adaptive behavioral strategies. This activation of DA midbrain neurons occurs via a synaptically triggered switch from low-frequency background spiking to transient high-frequency burst firing. We found that, in medial DA neurons of the substantia nigra (SN), activity of ATP-sensitive potassium (K-ATP) channels enabled NMDA-mediated bursting in vitro as well as spontaneous in vivo burst firing in anesthetized mice. Cell-selective silencing of K-ATP channel activity in medial SN DA neurons revealed that their K-ATP channel-gated burst firing was crucial for novelty-dependent exploratory behavior. We also detected a transcriptional upregulation of K-ATP channel and NMDA receptor subunits, as well as high in vivo burst firing, in surviving SN DA neurons from Parkinson's disease patients, suggesting that burst-gating K-ATP channel function in DA neurons affects phenotypes in both disease and health. |
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