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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4-6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-9
pubmed:abstractText
Knowledge of the effect of dopamine on corticostriatal synaptic plasticity has advanced rapidly over the last 5 years. We consider this new knowledge in relation to three factors proposed earlier to describe the rules for synaptic plasticity in the corticostriatal pathway. These factors are a phasic increase in dopamine release, presynaptic activity and postsynaptic depolarisation. A function is proposed which relates the amount of dopamine release in the striatum to the modulation of corticostriatal synaptic efficacy. It is argued that this function, and the experimental data from which it arises, are compatible with existing models which associate the reward-related firing of dopamine neurons with changes in corticostriatal synaptic efficacy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0893-6080
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
507-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Dopamine-dependent plasticity of corticostriatal synapses.
pubmed:affiliation
The Neuroscience Research Centre, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't