阿库本斯胆能内部神经元动态地促进多巴胺的释放,并使动机成为可能
Ali Mohebi1, Val L Collins1, Joshua D Berke1,2,3,4
1Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States.
eLife
|June 5, 2023
概括
位于核中的胆固醇内部神经元 (CIN) 直接控制多巴胺的释放,影响动机行为. 这种局部多巴胺调节对于决策和奖励寻求至关重要,独立于VTA多巴胺神经元发射.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 行为神经科学 行为神经科学
背景情况:
- 位于核 (NAc) 的多巴胺 (DA) 对于激励至关重要.
- 在NAc中的DA释放是由VTA神经元发射和局部胆固醇内部神经元 (CIN) 调节的.
- 在行为过程中NAc DA动态中CINs的作用仍然不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究CIN活性如何影响在清醒,行为良好的老鼠中NAc DA的释放.
- 了解局部CIN驱动的DA释放对有动机行为的贡献.
主要方法:
- 使用RdLight1传感器在清醒的老鼠中监测NAc核心中的DA释放.
- 同时监控或操纵CIN活动.
- 将DHβE,一种β2*尼古丁受体对手,注入NAc.
主要成果:
- CIN刺激引起了快速的NAc DA释放,没有短期的抑郁.
- 食物交付线索和接近行为与CIN活动和DA释放的联合增加有关.
- DHβE的使用影响了动机的接近决策,类似于DA对抗剂.
- 由CIN驱动的DA释放发生的独立于VTA DA神经元发射.
结论:
- CIN在局部调节NAc DA释放方面发挥着至关重要的作用.
- 这种由CINs进行的局部DA调制显著影响了动机行为和决策.
- CINs提供了一种独特的途径,通过核聚合多巴胺来控制有动机的行为.
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