期刊
NEURON
卷 107, 期 5, 页码 864-+出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2020.06.011
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资金
- NIH [R01DA036612, K99AG059834, K99MH119312, K99DA046514]
- VA [I01 BX003759]
- NIDA-INSERM postdoctoral Drug Abuse Research Fellowship
- Schr.dinger postdoctoral fellowship from the Austrian Science Fund [J3656-B24]
- Jonas Salk Fellowship
Like ventral tegmental area (VTA) dopamine (DA) neurons, VTA glutamate neuron activity can support positive reinforcement. However, a subset of VTA neurons co-release DA and glutamate, and DA release might be responsible for behavioral reinforcement induced by VTA glutamate neuron activity. To test this, we used optogenetics to stimulate VTA glutamate neurons in which tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), and thus DA biosynthesis, was conditionally ablated using either floxed Th mice or viral-based CRISPR/Cas9. Both approaches led to loss of TH expression in VTA glutamate neurons and loss of DA release from their distal terminals in nucleus accumbens (NAc). Despite loss of the DA signal, optogenetic activation of VTA glutamate cell bodies or axon terminals in NAc was sufficient to support reinforcement. These results suggest that glutamate release from VTA is sufficient to promote reinforcement independent of concomitant DA co-release, establishing a non-DA mechanism by which VTA activity can support reward-seeking behaviors.
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