Nigrostriatal dopamine pathway regulates auditory discrimination behavior

Allen P. F. Chen; Jeffrey M. Malgady; Lu Chen; Kaiyo W. Shi; Eileen Cheng; Joshua L. Plotkin; Shaoyu Ge; Qiaojie Xiong

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-33747-2

Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

Nigrostriatal dopamine pathway regulates auditory discrimination behavior

Allen P. F. Chen,
Jeffrey M. Malgady,
Lu Chen,
Kaiyo W. Shi,
Eileen Cheng,
Joshua L. Plotkin,
Shaoyu Ge,
Qiaojie Xiong

Affiliations

Allen P. F. Chen: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University
Jeffrey M. Malgady: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University
Lu Chen: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University
Kaiyo W. Shi: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University
Eileen Cheng: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University
Joshua L. Plotkin: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University
Shaoyu Ge: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University
Qiaojie Xiong: Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33747-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The auditory striatum, the tail portion of dorsal striatum, is implicated in decision-making. This study uncovers a phasic mechanism within the nigrostriatal system that regulates auditory decisions by modulating ongoing auditory perception.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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