title: Differential involvement of M1-type and M4-type muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the dorsomedial striatum in task switching.
abstract: Previous experiments have demonstrated that the rat dorsomedial striatum is one brain area that plays a crucial role in learning when conditions require a shift in strategies. Further evidence indicates that muscarinic cholinergic receptors in this brain area support adaptations in behavioral responses. Unknown is whether specific muscarinic receptor subtypes in the dorsomedial striatum contribute to a flexible shift in response patterns. The present experiments investigated whether blockade of M1-type and/or M4-type cholinergic receptors in the dorsomedial striatum underlie place reversal learning. Experiment 1 investigated the effects of the M1-type muscarinic cholinergic antagonist, muscarinic-toxin 7 (MT-7) infused into the dorsomedial striatum in place acquisition and reversal learning. Experiment 2 investigated the effects of the M4-type muscarinic cholinergic antagonist, muscarinic-toxin 3 (MT-3) injected into the dorsomedial striatum in place acquisition and reversal learning. All testing occurred in a modified cross-maze across two consecutive sessions. Bilateral injections of MT-7 into the dorsomedial striatum at 1 or 2 microg, but not 0.05 microg impaired place reversal learning. Analysis of the errors revealed that MT-7 at 1 and 2 microg significantly increased regressive errors, but not perseverative errors. An injection of MT-7 2 microg into the dorsomedial striatum prior to place acquisition did not affect learning. Experiment 2 revealed that dorsomedial striatal injections of MT-3 (0.05, 1 or 2 microg) did not affect place acquisition or reversal learning. The findings suggest that activation of M1-type muscarinic cholinergic receptors in the dorsomedial striatum, but not M4-type muscarinic cholinergic receptors facilitate the flexible shifting of response patterns by maintaining or learning a new choice pattern once selected.
authors: Department of Psychology, Center for Cognitive Medicine, Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USA.
authors: Martha F
authors: MF
authors: McCool
authors: Sima
authors: S
authors: Patel
authors: Ravi
authors: R
authors: Talati
authors: Michael E
authors: ME
authors: Ragozzino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001288:Attention / Q000187:drug effects; D001479:Basal Ganglia / Q000187:drug effects; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000378:metabolism*; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004546:Elapid Venoms / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008297:Male; D018782:Maze Learning / Q000187:drug effects; D010455:Peptides / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D020318:Rats, Long-Evans; D043643:Receptor, Muscarinic M1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D043588:Receptor, Muscarinic M4 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004546:Elapid Venoms; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010455:Peptides; D043643:Receptor, Muscarinic M1; D043588:Receptor, Muscarinic M4; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; C089528:muscarinic toxin 3; C419876:muscarinic toxin 7
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