Chronic alcohol drinking persistently suppresses thalamostriatal excitation of cholinergic neurons to impair cognitive flexibility
Tengfei Ma, Zhenbo Huang, Xueyi Xie, Yifeng Cheng, Xiaowen Zhuang, Matthew J. Childs, Himanshu Gangal, Xuehua Wang, Laura N. Smith, Rachel J. Smith, Yubin Zhou, Jun Wang
This study shows chronic alcohol consumption impairs cognitive flexibility by reducing thalamic excitation of cholinergic neurons in the dorsomedial striatum.
Journal of Clinical Investigation · Dec 23, 2021Peer-reviewedNeuroscience