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SUBMITTER: Robinson BG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5695907 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Robinson Brooks G BG Condon Alec F AF Radl Daniela D Borrelli Emiliana E Williams John T JT Neve Kim A KA
eLife 20171120
The dopamine D2 receptor has two splice variants, D2S (Short) and D2L (Long). In dopamine neurons, both variants can act as autoreceptors to regulate neuronal excitability and dopamine release, but the roles of each variant are incompletely characterized. In a previous study we used viral receptor expression in D2 receptor knockout mice to show distinct effects of calcium signaling on D2S and D2L autoreceptor function (Gantz et al., 2015). However, the cocaine-induced plasticity of D2 receptor d ...[more]