[HTML][HTML] Schizophrenia, dopamine and the striatum: from biology to symptoms

RA McCutcheon, A Abi-Dargham, OD Howes - Trends in neurosciences, 2019 - cell.com
The mesolimbic hypothesis has been a central dogma of schizophrenia for decades,
positing that aberrant functioning of midbrain dopamine projections to limbic regions causes …

[HTML][HTML] Acetylcholine bidirectionally regulates learning and memory

Q Huang, C Liao, F Ge, J Ao, T Liu - Journal of Neurorestoratology, 2022 - Elsevier
Acetylcholine (ACh) is one of the most important neurotransmitters in the central cholinergic
system; it specifically binds to muscarinic and nicotinic receptors and is degraded by …

[HTML][HTML] Connecting circuits for supraspinal control of locomotion

MJ Ferreira-Pinto, L Ruder, P Capelli, S Arber - Neuron, 2018 - cell.com
Locomotion is regulated by distributed circuits and achieved by the concerted activation of
body musculature. While the basic properties of executive circuits in the spinal cord are fairly …

Targeting muscarinic acetylcholine receptors for the treatment of psychiatric and neurological disorders

SP Moran, J Maksymetz, PJ Conn - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2019 - cell.com
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR) play important roles in regulating complex
behaviors such as cognition, movement, and reward, making them ideally situated as …

Targeting muscarinic receptors to treat schizophrenia

DJ Foster, ZK Bryant, PJ Conn - Behavioural brain research, 2021 - Elsevier
Schizophrenia is a severe neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by a diverse range of
symptoms that can have profound impacts on the lives of patients. Currently available …

Fine tuning muscarinic acetylcholine receptor signaling through allostery and bias

ET Van der Westhuizen, KHC Choy, C Valant… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The M1 and M4 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChRs) are highly pursued drug
targets for neurological diseases, in particular for Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia …

A non-canonical striatopallidal Go pathway that supports motor control

MA Labouesse, A Torres-Herraez, MO Chohan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In the classical model of the basal ganglia, direct pathway striatal projection neurons
(dSPNs) send projections to the substantia nigra (SNr) and entopeduncular nucleus to …

Reduced striatal M4-cholinergic signaling following dopamine loss contributes to parkinsonian and l-DOPA–induced dyskinetic behaviors

BE Nielsen, CP Ford - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
A dynamic equilibrium between dopamine and acetylcholine (ACh) is essential for striatal
circuitry and motor function, as imbalances are associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) …

The PPN and motor control: Preclinical studies to deep brain stimulation for Parkinson's disease

C Lin, MC Ridder, P Sah - Frontiers in Neural Circuits, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The pedunculopontine nucleus (PPN) is the major part of the mesencephalic locomotor
region, involved in the control of gait and locomotion. The PPN contains glutamatergic …

Circuits for state-dependent modulation of locomotion

AJ Pernía-Andrade, N Wenger, MS Esposito… - Frontiers in human …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Brain-wide neural circuits enable bi-and quadrupeds to express adaptive locomotor
behaviors in a context-and state-dependent manner, eg, in response to threats or rewards …