Direct Glutamatergic Signaling From Midbrain Dopaminergic Neurons Onto Pyramidal Prefrontal Cortex Neurons

The dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) have been identified with the ability to co-release dopamine and glutamate. This ability was first documented in the nucleus accumbens but showed to be absent in the dorsal striatum. Recently the ability to release glutamate from a subpopu...

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Main Authors: José Luis Pérez-López, Rubén Contreras-López, Josué O. Ramírez-Jarquín, Fatuel Tecuapetla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neural Circuits
Subjects:
VTA
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fncir.2018.00070/full