Muscarinic and nicotinic cholinergic mechanisms in the mesostriatal dopamine systems. Export

@article{citeulike:494017, abstract = {The striatum and its dense dopaminergic innervation originating in the midbrain, primarily from the substantia nigra pars compacta and the ventral tegmental area, compose the mesostriatal dopamine (DA) systems. The nigrostriatal system is involved mainly in motor coordination and in disorders such as Tourette's syndrome, Huntington's disease, and Parkinson's disease. The dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area to the striatum participate more in the processes that shape behaviors leading to reward, and addictive drugs act upon this mesolimbic system. The midbrain DA areas receive cholinergic innervation from the pedunculopontine tegmentum and the laterodorsal pontine tegmentum, whereas the striatum receives dense cholinergic innervation from local interneurons. The various neurons of the mesostriatal systems express multiple types of muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors as well as DA receptors. Especially in the striatum, the dense mingling of dopaminergic and cholinergic constituents enables potent interactions. Evidence indicates that cholinergic and dopaminergic systems work together to produce the coordinated functioning of the striatum. Loss of that cooperative activity contributes to the dysfunction underlying Parkinson's disease.}, address = {Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3498, USA.}, author = {Zhou, F. M. and Wilson, C. and Dani, J. A.}, citeulike-article-id = {494017}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12580337}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12580337}, issn = {1073-8584}, journal = {Neuroscientist}, keywords = {acetylcholine, ach, dopamine, review, striatum}, month = {February}, number = {1}, pages = {23--36}, posted-at = {2006-02-05 19:40:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Muscarinic and nicotinic cholinergic mechanisms in the mesostriatal dopamine systems.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12580337}, volume = {9}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:494017 L3 - citeulike-article-id:494017 N2 - The striatum and its dense dopaminergic innervation originating in the midbrain, primarily from the substantia nigra pars compacta and the ventral tegmental area, compose the mesostriatal dopamine (DA) systems. The nigrostriatal system is involved mainly in motor coordination and in disorders such as Tourette's syndrome, Huntington's disease, and Parkinson's disease. The dopaminergic projections from the ventral tegmental area to the striatum participate more in the processes that shape behaviors leading to reward, and addictive drugs act upon this mesolimbic system. The midbrain DA areas receive cholinergic innervation from the pedunculopontine tegmentum and the laterodorsal pontine tegmentum, whereas the striatum receives dense cholinergic innervation from local interneurons. The various neurons of the mesostriatal systems express multiple types of muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors as well as DA receptors. Especially in the striatum, the dense mingling of dopaminergic and cholinergic constituents enables potent interactions. Evidence indicates that cholinergic and dopaminergic systems work together to produce the coordinated functioning of the striatum. Loss of that cooperative activity contributes to the dysfunction underlying Parkinson's disease. IS - 1 JF - Neuroscientist SN - 1073-8584 AD - Division of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030-3498, USA. EP - 36 TI - Muscarinic and nicotinic cholinergic mechanisms in the mesostriatal dopamine systems. VL - 9 SP - 23 KW - acetylcholine KW - ach KW - dopamine KW - review KW - striatum AU - Zhou, FM AU - Wilson, C AU - Dani, JA PY - 2003/02// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12580337 ER -