title: Dopaminergic regulation of striatal efferent pathways.
abstract: In the past year there has been a growing debate about the distribution of dopamine receptors in striatal efferent pathways. As is often the case, different approaches lead to different perspectives. Nevertheless, the available data can be reconciled with a model in which D1 and D2 dopamine receptors are segregated in the distal dendrites and axonal terminal fields of striatonigral and striatopallidal neurons, but intermingled in the soma and proximal dendrites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, College of Medicine, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Surmeier
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Kitai
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000502:physiology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D004525:Efferent Pathways / Q000502:physiology; D005917:Globus Pallidus / Q000502:physiology*; D008959:Models, Neurological; D051381:Rats; D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1 / Q000502:physiology; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2 / Q000502:physiology; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D017447:Receptors, Dopamine D1; D017448:Receptors, Dopamine D2; D004298:Dopamine