Yan-Feng Zhang

This study shows that the superior colliculus gates dopamine responses to conditioned stimuli in visual classical conditioning by developing neuronal responses to the CS and requiring convergence of visual, dopamine, and serotonin inputs.

This study shows that cholinergic interneurons in the striatum use nicotinic receptors to limit dopamine release by depressing axonal depolarization and calcium summation.

The paper shows that LTP at corticostriatal synapses requires the temporal coincidence of cholinergic pauses and dopaminergic activation, along with SPN depolarization.

The paper investigates short-term plasticity in dopamine release in the striatum, finding that it is primarily governed by axonal properties and the dopamine transporter rather than initial release levels.