Nucleus accumbens controls wakefulness by a subpopulation of neurons expressing dopamine D1 receptors

The nucleus accumbens regulates many behaviours that depend on arousal. Here the authors show that dopamine D1 receptor neurons in the nucleus accumbens can directly regulate wakefulness.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yan-Jia Luo, Ya-Dong Li, Lu Wang, Su-Rong Yang, Xiang-Shan Yuan, Juan Wang, Yoan Cherasse, Michael Lazarus, Jiang-Fan Chen, Wei-Min Qu, Zhi-Li Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03889-3