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Daniel Eskenazi

Daniel Eskenazi

Assistant Consulting Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adult Psychiatry & Psychology
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Dopamine Neurons That Cotransmit Glutamate, From Synapses to Circuits to Behavior.

Journal Article Front Neural Circuits · 2021 Discovered just over 20 years ago, dopamine neurons have the ability to cotransmit both dopamine and glutamate. Yet, the functional roles of dopamine neuron glutamate cotransmission and their implications for therapeutic use are just emerging. This review ... Full text Link to item Cite

Deconstructing 5-HT6 receptor effects on striatal circuit function.

Journal Article Neuroscience · July 23, 2015 Medium spiny neurons (MSNs) constitute 95% of neurons in the dorsal striatum subdivided into direct (striatonigral) and indirect (striatopallidal) pathways. Whereas D1 and D2 receptors and several neuropeptides, including dynorphin and enkephalin, are diff ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increased expression of 5-HT₆ receptors in dorsolateral striatum decreases habitual lever pressing, but does not affect learning acquisition of simple operant tasks in rats.

Journal Article Eur J Neurosci · July 2011 Serotonin-6 (5-HT(6)) receptors are densely expressed in the dorsolateral striatum (DLS), a brain region linked to habits. Medications acting on the serotonergic system, including 5-HT(6) receptors, can diminish habitual and repetitive behaviors associated ... Full text Link to item Cite

Increased expression of the 5-HT6 receptor by viral mediated gene transfer into posterior but not anterior dorsomedial striatum interferes with acquisition of a discrete action-outcome task.

Journal Article J Psychopharmacol · July 2011 Serotonin plays a role in reinforcement learning; however, it is not known which serotonin receptors mediate these effects. Serotonin 6 (5-HT(6)) receptors are abundant in the striatum, a brain area that is involved in reinforcement learning. We previously ... Full text Link to item Cite

Transient neuronal inhibition reveals opposing roles of indirect and direct pathways in sensitization.

Journal Article Nat Neurosci · January 2011 Dorsal striatum is important for the development of drug addiction; however, a precise understanding of the roles of striatopallidal (indirect) and striatonigral (direct) pathway neurons in regulating behaviors remains elusive. Using viral-mediated express ... Full text Link to item Cite