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  • Title: Neostriatal cholinergic neurons receive direct synaptic inputs from dopaminergic axons.
    Author: Kubota Y, Inagaki S, Shimada S, Kito S, Eckenstein F, Tohyama M.
    Journal: Brain Res; 1987 Jun 09; 413(1):179-84. PubMed ID: 2885073.
    Abstract:
    We used an electron microscopic 'mirror technique' to determine whether cholinergic neurons are in direct synaptic contact with dopaminergic axons in the rat neostriatum. Tyrosine hydroxylase-immunoreactive axons make synaptic contacts with the somata and proximal dendrites of large choline acetyltransferase-immunoreactive striatal neurons which are thought to be interneurons. This provides morphological evidence that nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons can influence monosynaptically the striatal cholinergic neurons.
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