Carbon monoxide, a retrograde messenger generated in post-synaptic mushroom body neurons evokes non-canonical dopamine release
Kohei Ueno, Johannes Morstein, Kyoko Ofusa, Shintaro Naganos, Ema Suzuki-Sawano, Saika Minegishi, Samir P. Rezgui, Hiroaki Kitagishi, Brian W. Michel, Christopher J. Chang, Junjiro Horiuchi, Minoru Saitoe
The paper identifies a mechanism where post-synaptic mushroom body neurons generate carbon monoxide to induce localized dopamine release from presynaptic terminals, facilitating memory-related plasticity.
Journal of Neuroscience · Apr 6, 2020Peer-reviewedNeuroscience