VTA dopamine loss disrupts memory-guided hindlimb control in mice
Mice with ventral tegmental area dopamine lesions stomp and graze obstacles with their hindlimbs while forelimb control remains intact, implicating ...
Tag: dopamine neurons
Nicotinic Receptor in Dopamine Neurons Shapes Learned Odor Choice in Flies
A nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit in fruit fly dopamine neurons supports odor-evoked synaptic activity and learned odor choice.
Rotenone-induced Parkinsonism in mice reverses within a year
A 12-month longitudinal study finds that Parkinson-like motor deficits and dopaminergic pathology caused by chronic rotenone exposure in mice fully ...
Brain Immune Cells Nibble Away Parkinson’s Protein Clumps to Shield Vulnerable Neurons
University of Oxford researchers have discovered that a specialised population of human microglia protects dopamine neurons in Parkinson's disease by ...
Why Some Neurons Survive: Identity Maintenance May Set the Threshold of Neurodegeneration
A new PLOS Biology essay proposes that a neuron's capacity to maintain its subtype-defining gene-regulatory machinery may set the stress ...
Dopamine Neurons’ Multidimensional Future Reward Map
In the intricate landscape of brain function and behavior, dopamine neurons have long been hailed as critical players in signaling ...
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