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Impaired recruitment of dopamine neurons during working memory in mice with striatal D2 receptor overexpression

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  • Sevil Duvarci

    (Goethe University)

  • Eleanor H. Simpson

    (New York State Psychiatric Institute
    Columbia University)

  • Gaby Schneider

    (Goethe University)

  • Eric R. Kandel

    (Columbia University
    Columbia University
    Columbia University
    Columbia University)

  • Jochen Roeper

    (Goethe University)

  • Torfi Sigurdsson

    (Goethe University)

Abstract

The dopamine (DA) system plays a major role in cognitive functions through its interactions with several brain regions including the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Conversely, disturbances in the DA system contribute to cognitive deficits in psychiatric diseases, yet exactly how they do so remains poorly understood. Here we show, using mice with disease-relevant alterations in DA signaling (D2R-OE mice), that deficits in working memory (WM) are associated with impairments in the WM-dependent firing patterns of DA neurons in the ventral tegmental area (VTA). The WM-dependent phase-locking of DA neurons to 4 Hz VTA-PFC oscillations is absent in D2R-OE mice and VTA-PFC synchrony deficits scale with their WM impairments. We also find reduced 4 Hz synchrony between VTA DA neurons and selective impairments in their representation of WM demand. These results identify how altered DA neuron activity—at the level of long-range network activity and task-related firing patterns—may underlie cognitive impairments.

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  • Sevil Duvarci & Eleanor H. Simpson & Gaby Schneider & Eric R. Kandel & Jochen Roeper & Torfi Sigurdsson, 2018. "Impaired recruitment of dopamine neurons during working memory in mice with striatal D2 receptor overexpression," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 9(1), pages 1-13, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:9:y:2018:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-05214-4
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05214-4
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    1. Maria Wilhelm & Yaroslav Sych & Aleksejs Fomins & José Luis Alatorre Warren & Christopher Lewis & Laia Serratosa Capdevila & Roman Boehringer & Elizabeth A. Amadei & Benjamin Grewe & Eoin C. O’Connor , 2023. "Striatum-projecting prefrontal cortex neurons support working memory maintenance," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-16, December.

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