Cholinergic-dependent dopamine signals in mouse dorsomedial striatum are regulated by frontal but not sensory cortices.
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- [1] § Methods › Slice physiology › Electrophysiology ↔ Fig4_population.ipynb, lines 115–141 · score 0.64 · Medium spiny neurons, Cholinergic interneurons, stimulations, cell, CINs
- [2] § Methods › Anatomical tracing ↔ SuppFig5_rabies.ipynb, lines 113–133 · score 0.52 · basal ganglia, rabies, thalamus, Brains, midbrain, DLS
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- # %%
- import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
- import seaborn as sns
- import pandas as pd
- import numpy as np
- import scipy.stats as ss
- from scipy.signal import find_peaks
- import pyabf
- from statsmodels.formula.api import ols
- import statsmodels.api as sm
- import pingouin as pg
- # %%
- plt.rcParams["font.family"] = "arial"
- plt.rcParams["font.size"] = 6
- plt.rcParams['axes.linewidth'] = 0.5
- plt.rcParams['xtick.major.width'] = 0.25
- plt.rcParams['xtick.major.size'] = 2
- plt.rcParams['xtick.major.pad'] = 2
- plt.rcParams['ytick.major.width'] = 0.25
- plt.rcParams['ytick.major.size'] = 2
- plt.rcParams['ytick.major.pad'] = 2
- plt.rcParams['ytick.major.pad'] = 2
- plt.rcParams['axes.labelpad'] = 2
- # %%
- def bootstrap(df, cellType, sensArea):
- y1, y2 = sns.utils.ci(sns.algorithms.bootstrap(df[(df['cellType'] == cellType)&(df['sensArea'] == sensArea)]['absEPSC']))
- return y1, y2
- # %%
- allCells = pd.read_csv('../data/Fig4/Fig4_ephysPop.csv')
- # %%
- fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 1, figsize = (1.7,1.5), dpi = 300, sharex = True, tight_layout = True)
- ax.fill_between(x = np.linspace(-0.2, 0.2), y1 = bootstrap(allCells, 'MSN', "ACC")[0], y2 = bootstrap(allCells,'MSN', "ACC")[1], color = '0.5', alpha = 0.4, edgecolor = None)
- ax.fill_between(x = np.linspace(0.8, 1.2), y1 = bootstrap(allCells,'MSN', "PL")[0], y2 = bootstrap(allCells,'MSN', "PL")[1], color = '0.5', alpha = 0.4, edgecolor = None)
- ax.fill_between(x = np.linspace(1.8, 2.2), y1 = bootstrap(allCells,'MSN', "V1")[0], y2 = bootstrap(allCells,'MSN', "V1")[1], color = '0.5', alpha = 0.4, edgecolor = None)
- ax.fill_between(x = np.linspace(2.8, 3.2), y1 = bootstrap(allCells,'MSN', "A1")[0], y2 = bootstrap(allCells,'MSN', "A1")[1], color = '0.5', alpha = 0.4, edgecolor = None)
- ax.plot([-0.3, 0.3], [allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'MSN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'ACC')]['absEPSC'].mean(),allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'MSN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'ACC')]['absEPSC'].mean()], lw = 1, color = 'k')
- ax.plot([0.7, 1.3], [allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'MSN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'PL')]['absEPSC'].mean(),allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'MSN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'PL')]['absEPSC'].mean()], lw = 1, color = 'k')
- ax.plot([1.7, 2.3], [allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'MSN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'V1')]['absEPSC'].mean(),allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'MSN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'V1')]['absEPSC'].mean()], lw = 1, color = 'k')
- ax.plot([2.7, 3.3], [allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'MSN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'A1')]['absEPSC'].mean(),allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'MSN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'A1')]['absEPSC'].mean()], lw = 1, color = 'k')
- sns.stripplot(data = allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'MSN')&(allCells['sensArea'] != 'S1')], x = 'sensArea', y = 'absEPSC', order = ('ACC', 'PL', "V1", "A1"), color = 'orange',legend = False, size = 3, alpha = 0.3, dodge = True)
- ax.set_ylim(-50, 2000)
- ax.axhline(0, ls = ":", color = 'k', lw = 0.5)
- ax.set_ylabel('EPSC amplitude (pA)')
- ax.set_xlabel('Cortical inputs')
- ax.set_xticks([0,1,2,3])
- ax.set_xticklabels(['ACA', "PL", "VISp", "AUDp"])
- sns.despine()
- plt.savefig('../figOutputs/Fig4_MSN_pop.pdf', dpi = 300, transparent = True, bbox_inches = 'tight')
- # %%
- aov_table = pg.anova(dv='absEPSC',
- between=[ 'sensArea'],
- data=allCells[(allCells['cellType']== 'MSN')&(allCells['sensArea']!= 'S1')])
- print(aov_table.round(5))
- # %%
- fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 1, figsize = (1.7,1.5), dpi = 300, sharex = True, tight_layout = True)
- ax.fill_between(x = np.linspace(-0.2, 0.2), y1 = bootstrap(allCells,'CIN', "ACC")[0], y2 = bootstrap(allCells,'CIN', "ACC")[1], color = '0.5', alpha = 0.4, edgecolor = None)
- ax.fill_between(x = np.linspace(0.8, 1.2), y1 = bootstrap(allCells,'CIN', "PL")[0], y2 = bootstrap(allCells,'CIN', "PL")[1], color = '0.5', alpha = 0.4, edgecolor = None)
- ax.fill_between(x = np.linspace(1.8, 2.2), y1 = bootstrap(allCells,'CIN', "V1")[0], y2 = bootstrap(allCells,'CIN', "V1")[1], color = '0.5', alpha = 0.4, edgecolor = None)
- ax.fill_between(x = np.linspace(2.8, 3.2), y1 = bootstrap(allCells,'CIN', "A1")[0], y2 = bootstrap(allCells,'CIN', "A1")[1], color = '0.5', alpha = 0.4, edgecolor = None)
- ax.plot([-0.3, 0.3], [allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'CIN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'ACC')]['absEPSC'].mean(),allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'CIN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'ACC')]['absEPSC'].mean()], lw = 1, color = 'k')
- ax.plot([0.7, 1.3], [allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'CIN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'PL')]['absEPSC'].mean(),allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'CIN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'PL')]['absEPSC'].mean()], lw = 1, color = 'k')
- ax.plot([1.7, 2.3], [allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'CIN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'V1')]['absEPSC'].mean(),allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'CIN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'V1')]['absEPSC'].mean()], lw = 1, color = 'k')
- ax.plot([2.7, 3.3], [allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'CIN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'A1')]['absEPSC'].mean(),allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'CIN')&(allCells['sensArea'] == 'A1')]['absEPSC'].mean()], lw = 1, color = 'k')
- sns.stripplot(data = allCells[(allCells['cellType'] == 'CIN')&(allCells['sensArea'] != 'S1')], x = 'sensArea', y = 'absEPSC', order = ('ACC', 'PL', "V1", "A1"), color = 'royalblue',legend = False, size = 3, alpha = 0.3, dodge = True)
- ax.set_ylim(-50, 1000)
- ax.axhline(0, ls = ":", color = 'k', lw = 0.5)
- ax.set_ylabel('EPSC amplitude (pA)')
- ax.set_xlabel('Cortical inputs')
- ax.set_xticks([0,1,2,3])
- ax.set_xticklabels(['ACA', "PL", "VISp", "AUDp"])
- sns.despine()
- plt.savefig('../figOutputs/Fig4_CIN_pop.pdf', dpi = 300, transparent = True, bbox_inches = 'tight')
- # %%
- aov_table = pg.anova(dv='absEPSC',
- between=[ 'sensArea'],
- data=allCells[(allCells['cellType']== 'CIN')&(allCells['sensArea']!= 'S1')])
- print(aov_table.round(10))
- # %%
- IO = pd.read_csv('../data/Fig4/Fig4_IOcurves.csv', index_col = [0])
- # %%
- palMSN = ['orange', 'chocolate', 'darkorange',]
- palCIN = ['royalblue', 'blue', 'navy',]
- fig, ax = plt.subplots(1, 2, figsize = (3,1.5), dpi = 300, sharex = True, sharey = True, tight_layout = True)
- sns.lineplot(ax = ax[0], data = IO[(IO['cellType'] == 'MSN')], x = 'stimDur', y = 'absEPSC', hue = 'sensArea', hue_order = ['ACC', "V1", "A1"], errorbar = 'se',
- palette = palMSN, err_style = 'bars',linewidth = 1, err_kws={'linewidth': 1, 'capsize':1}, legend = False)
- sns.lineplot(ax = ax[1], data = IO[(IO['cellType'] == 'CIN')], x = 'stimDur', y = 'absEPSC', hue = 'sensArea', hue_order = ['ACC', "V1", "A1"], errorbar = 'se',
- palette = palCIN, err_style = 'bars', linewidth = 1, err_kws={'linewidth': 1, 'capsize':1}, legend = False)
- sns.despine()
- ax[1].set_xscale('log')
- ax[0].set_ylim(-100,2000)
- ax[0].set_xticks([0.6, 1, 2, 5, 10])
- ax[0].set_xticklabels([0.6, 1, 2, 5, 10])
- ax[0].set_title("Medium spiny neurons", color = 'orange', fontsize = 6)
- ax[1].set_title("Cholinergic interneurons", color = 'royalblue', fontsize = 6)
- ax[0].set_xlabel('Stimulation (ms)')
- ax[1].set_xlabel('Stimulation (ms)')
- ax[0].set_ylabel("EPSC (pA)")
- ax[0].axhline(0, ls = ":", color = 'k', lw = 0.5)
- ax[1].axhline(0, ls = ":", color = 'k', lw = 0.5)
- plt.savefig('../figOutputs/Fig4_IO_pop.pdf', dpi = 300, transparent = True, bbox_inches = 'tight')
- # %%
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Overview
- Section on Neurobiology of Compulsive Behaviors, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, MD USA
- Laboratory on Neurobiology of Compulsive Behaviors, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Rockville, MD USA
- Laboratory of Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland USA
- Center on Compulsive Behaviors, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland USA
- Section on Neuroanatomy, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland USA
Abstract
Everyday decisions depend on associations between sensory stimuli, actions, and outcomes. The striatum supports these sensorimotor associations through dopamine-dependent plasticity. Recent work has characterized a local striatal microcircuit in which cholinergic interneurons (CINs) modulate dopamine release via activation of nicotinic receptors on dopamine axons. Here, we show that visual stimuli evoke dopamine in the dorsomedial striatum partly through this cholinergic mechanism. Using anatomical and functional methods to identify the pathways involved, we found that visual and auditory cortices lack connectivity with CINs and were unable to drive cholinergic-dependent dopamine release. Frontal regions, which were activated by visual stimuli, strongly recruited CINs, producing robust dopamine release both ex vivo and in vivo. These findings reveal a fundamental distinction between sensory and frontal corticostriatal inputs, demonstrating that only the latter can evoke cholinergic-dependent dopamine signals. This work establishes a framework for understanding how cortical circuits shape striatal dopamine to support reinforcement learning.
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- Fig1_baseline.ipynb, Jupyter, 92 lines
- Fig1_meca.ipynb, Jupyter, 74 lines
- Fig1_traces.ipynb, Jupyter, 144 lines
- Fig2_baseline.ipynb, Jupyter, 125 lines
- Fig2_meca.ipynb, Jupyter, 133 lines
- Fig2_traces.ipynb, Jupyter, 152 lines
- Fig3_barPlots.ipynb, Jupyter, 212 lines
- Fig4_population.ipynb, Jupyter, 144 lines, 1 match
- Fig4_traces.ipynb, Jupyter, 113 lines
- Fig5_population.ipynb, Jupyter, 189 lines
- Fig5_traces.ipynb, Jupyter, 195 lines
- Fig6_traces_population.i
pynb , Jupyter, 103 lines - Fig7_population.ipynb, Jupyter, 121 lines
- Fig7_traces.ipynb, Jupyter, 137 lines
- Fig8_baseline.ipynb, Jupyter, 70 lines
- Fig8_meca.ipynb, Jupyter, 88 lines
- Fig8_traces.ipynb, Jupyter, 81 lines
- SuppFig10_DLS.ipynb, Jupyter, 305 lines
- SuppFig1_saline_meca.ipy
nb , Jupyter, 113 lines - SuppFig2_traces.ipynb, Jupyter, 501 lines
- SuppFig3_reward.ipynb, Jupyter, 205 lines
- SuppFig4_tone.ipynb, Jupyter, 298 lines
- SuppFig5_rabies.ipynb, Jupyter, 136 lines, 1 match
- SuppFig6_ephys.ipynb, Jupyter, 172 lines
- SuppFig7_SSp.ipynb, Jupyter, 209 lines
- SuppFig8_traces.ipynb, Jupyter, 580 lines
- SuppFig9_saline_meca.ipy
nb , Jupyter, 203 lines
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Goldbach, H. C., Rimondini, R., Swanson, E. S., Shin, J. H., Authement, M. E., Anderson, L. G., Kwon, H. B., Paletzki, R., Gerfen, C. R., Amarante, L. M., Krauzlis, R. J., & Alvarez, V. A. (2026). Cholinergic-dependent dopamine signals in mouse dorsomedial striatum are regulated by frontal but not sensory cortices. Nature communications, 17(1), 9601. https://
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@article{goldbach2026cho
author = {Goldbach, Hannah C and Rimondini, Rachele and Swanson, Evan S and Shin, Jung Hoon and Authement, Michael E and Anderson, Lucy G and Kwon, Han Bin and Paletzki, Ron and Gerfen, Charles R and Amarante, Linda M and Krauzlis, Richard J and Alvarez, Veronica A},
title = {{Cholinergic-dependent dopamine signals in mouse dorsomedial striatum are regulated by frontal but not sensory cortices}},
journal = {Nature communications},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
volume = {17},
number = {1},
pages = {9601},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
issn = {2041-1723},
doi = {10.1038/
url = {https://
pmid = {42711343},
pmcid = {PMC13554099}
}
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