Nature Communications (Apr 2018)

GABAergic inhibition in dual-transmission cholinergic and GABAergic striatal interneurons is abolished in Parkinson disease

  • N. Lozovaya,
  • S. Eftekhari,
  • R. Cloarec,
  • L. A. Gouty-Colomer,
  • A. Dufour,
  • B. Riffault,
  • M. Billon-Grand,
  • A. Pons-Bennaceur,
  • N. Oumar,
  • N. Burnashev,
  • Y. Ben-Ari,
  • C. Hammond

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03802-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Cholinergic interneurons of the striatum are involved reward-related behaviors and have been implicated in Parkinson’s disease. Here the authors report that half of cholinergic neurons co-release acetylcholine and GABA, and study the role of these neurons in a model of Parkinson’s Disease.