Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Histamine H1 receptor deletion in cholinergic neurons induces sensorimotor gating ability deficit and social impairments in mice

  • Li Cheng,
  • Cenglin Xu,
  • Lu Wang,
  • Dadao An,
  • Lei Jiang,
  • Yanrong Zheng,
  • Yixin Xu,
  • Yi Wang,
  • Yujing Wang,
  • Kuo Zhang,
  • Xiaodong Wang,
  • Xiangnan Zhang,
  • Aimin Bao,
  • Yudong Zhou,
  • Jingyu Yang,
  • Shumin Duan,
  • Dick F. Swaab,
  • Weiwei Hu,
  • Zhong Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21476-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Social impairment and anhedonia are common negative symptoms in patients with schizophrenia. Here, the authors show that the histamine H1 receptor in cholinergic neurons in the basal forebrain has a critical role in sensorimotor gating, social behaviour, and anhedonia-like behaviour in mice.