Nature Communications (Oct 2020)

Polysynaptic inhibition between striatal cholinergic interneurons shapes their network activity patterns in a dopamine-dependent manner

  • Matthijs C. Dorst,
  • Anna Tokarska,
  • Ming Zhou,
  • Kwang Lee,
  • Stefanos Stagkourakis,
  • Christian Broberger,
  • Sotiris Masmanidis,
  • Gilad Silberberg

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18882-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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The mechanisms underlying striatal cholinergic interneurons (ChINs) synchronization and its interaction with dopamine release are unclear. Here, the authors showed that polysynaptic inhibition between ChINs shapes their network activity and is mediated by dopaminergic input.