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Nicotine inhibits the VTA-to-amygdala dopamine pathway to promote anxiety
FIANCETTE, Jean-Francois
Neurocentre Magendie : Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale [U1215 Inserm - UB]
Neurocentre Magendie : Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale [U1215 Inserm - UB]
DEROCHE-GAMONET, Veronique
Neurocentre Magendie : Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale [U1215 Inserm - UB]
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Neurocentre Magendie : Physiopathologie de la Plasticité Neuronale [U1215 Inserm - UB]
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Neuron. 2021-08-18, vol. 109, n° 16, p. 2604-2615.e9
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Nicotine stimulates dopamine (DA) neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to establish and maintain reinforcement. Nicotine also induces anxiety through an as yet unknown circuitry. We found that nicotine injection ...Leer más >
Nicotine stimulates dopamine (DA) neurons of the ventral tegmental area (VTA) to establish and maintain reinforcement. Nicotine also induces anxiety through an as yet unknown circuitry. We found that nicotine injection drives opposite functional responses of two distinct populations of VTA DA neurons with anatomically segregated projections: it activates neurons that project to the nucleus accumbens (NAc), whereas it inhibits neurons that project to the amygdala nuclei (Amg). We further show that nicotine mediates anxiety-like behavior by acting on ?2-subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptors of the VTA. Finally, using optogenetics, we bidirectionally manipulate the VTA-NAc and VTA-Amg pathways to dissociate their contributions to anxiety-like behavior. We show that inhibition of VTA-Amg DA neurons mediates anxiety-like behavior, while their activation prevents the anxiogenic effects of nicotine. These distinct subpopulations of VTA DA neurons with opposite responses to nicotine may differentially drive the anxiogenic and the reinforcing effects of nicotine.< Leer menos
Palabras clave en inglés
Addiction
Amygdala
Dopamine circuits
Juxtacellular recordings
Nicotine
Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors
Nucleus accumbens
Optogenetics
Ventral tegmental area
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