Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Brain network dynamics during working memory are modulated by dopamine and diminished in schizophrenia

  • Urs Braun,
  • Anais Harneit,
  • Giulio Pergola,
  • Tommaso Menara,
  • Axel Schäfer,
  • Richard F. Betzel,
  • Zhenxiang Zang,
  • Janina I. Schweiger,
  • Xiaolong Zhang,
  • Kristina Schwarz,
  • Junfang Chen,
  • Giuseppe Blasi,
  • Alessandro Bertolino,
  • Daniel Durstewitz,
  • Fabio Pasqualetti,
  • Emanuel Schwarz,
  • Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg,
  • Danielle S. Bassett,
  • Heike Tost

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23694-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Working memory requires the brain to switch between cognitive states and activity patterns. Here, the authors show that the steering of these neural network dynamics is influenced by dopamine D1- and D2-receptor function and altered in schizophrenia.