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| Title |
Direct Glutamatergic Signaling From Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons Onto Pyramidal Prefrontal Cortex Neurons
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neural Circuits, August 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fncir.2018.00070 |
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| Authors |
José Luis Pérez-López, Rubén Contreras-López, Josué O. Ramírez-Jarquín, Fatuel Tecuapetla |
| Abstract |
The dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) have been identified with the ability to co-release dopamine and glutamate. This ability was first documented in the nucleus accumbens but showed to be absent in the dorsal striatum. Recently the ability to release glutamate from a subpopulation of the VTA dopaminergic neurons has been shown to control the prefrontal cortex (PFC) excitation through the exclusive innervation of GABAergic fast spiking interneurons. Here, using an optogenetic approach, we expand this view by presenting that the VTA dopaminergic neurons do not only innervate interneurons but also pyramidal PFC neurons. This finding opens the range of possibilities for the VTA dopaminergic neurons to modulate the activity of PFC. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 60 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 32% |
| Researcher | 12 | 20% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 15% |
| Professor | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 4 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 8% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Neuroscience | 32 | 53% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
| Chemistry | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 13% |
Attention Score in Context
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