Two sources of dopamine for the hippocampus

Colin G McNamara; David Dupret

doi:10.1016/j.tins.2017.05.005

Two sources of dopamine for the hippocampus

Trends Neurosci. 2017 Jul;40(7):383-384. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2017.05.005. Epub 2017 May 13.

Authors

Colin G McNamara¹, David Dupret²

Affiliations

¹ Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: colin.mcnamara@pharm.ox.ac.uk.
² Medical Research Council Brain Network Dynamics Unit, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: david.dupret@pharm.ox.ac.uk.

Abstract

Dopaminergic signalling is established as playing an important role in novelty related modulation of hippocampal memory. Two recent studies have identified the noradrenergic fibres originating in the locus coeruleus as an additional source of neurotransmitter acting on dopaminergic receptors in the hippocampus.

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Dopamine*
Hippocampus
Locus Coeruleus*
Memory
Norepinephrine

Substances

Dopamine
Norepinephrine

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