Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

A hypothalamic dopamine locus for psychostimulant-induced hyperlocomotion in mice

  • Solomiia Korchynska,
  • Patrick Rebernik,
  • Marko Pende,
  • Laura Boi,
  • Alán Alpár,
  • Ramon Tasan,
  • Klaus Becker,
  • Kira Balueva,
  • Saiedeh Saghafi,
  • Peer Wulff,
  • Tamas L. Horvath,
  • Gilberto Fisone,
  • Hans-Ulrich Dodt,
  • Tomas Hökfelt,
  • Tibor Harkany,
  • Roman A. Romanov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33584-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The psychostimulant-sensitive neural mechanism linking the circadian clock to locomotion is unknown. Here, hypothalamic A14 neurons are shown to time diurnal activity by entraining the lateral septum, and their activity is shown to be sensitive to amphetamine.