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Lack of GPR88 enhances medium spiny neuron activity and alters motor- and cue-dependent behaviors.
Nature neuroscience - 1 Nov 2012
Quintana Albert, Sanz Elisenda, Wang Wengang, Storey Granville P, Güler Ali D, Wanat Matthew J, Roller Bryan A, La Torre Anna, Amieux Paul S, McKnight G Stanley, Bamford Nigel S, Palmiter Richard D
Abstract excerpt
The striatum regulates motor control, reward and learning. Abnormal function of striatal GABAergic medium spiny neurons (MSNs) is believed to contribute to the deficits in these processes that are observed in many neuropsychiatric diseases. The orphan G protein-coupled receptor GPR88 is robustly expressed in MSNs and is regulated by neuropharmacological drugs, but its contribution to MSN physiology and behavior...
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