Striatal dopamine release is triggered by synchronized activity in cholinergic interneurons.
Striatal dopamine plays key roles in our normal and pathological goal-directed actions. To understand dopamine function, much attention has focused on how midbrain dopamine neurons modulate their firing patterns. However, we identify a presynaptic mechanism that triggers dopamine release directly, b...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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