{
"title": "Simultaneous dopamine and serotonin measurements across brain regions and behavioral states",
"papers": [
{
"n": 5,
"doi": "10.1016/j.neuron.2020.09.015",
"value": "Sub-second DA and 5-HT simultaneously measured in caudate nucleus",
"n_analyzed": 5,
"n_definition": "patients with electrode placements",
"scope_region": "caudate nucleus and putamen",
"study_system": "human, intraoperative FSCV",
"scope_population": "neurosurgery patients",
"value_source_sentence": "Caudate nucleus recordings (n = 4) revealed multi-scale encoding: in three participants, serotonin tracked sensory uncertainty, and, in one participant, both dopamine and serotonin tracked deviations from expected trial transitions within our factorial design."
},
{
"n": null,
"doi": "10.7554/elife.85011",
"value": "CIN activity ramps co-occur with DA release ramps during motivated approach in NAc",
"n_analyzed": null,
"n_definition": "animals with dual fiber photometry",
"scope_region": "nucleus accumbens core",
"study_system": "rat, nucleus accumbens fiber photometry",
"scope_population": "adult rats",
"value_source_sentence": "In an operant task, we observed fast ramps in CIN activity during approach behaviors, either to start the trial or to collect rewards. These CIN ramps co-occurred with DA release ramps, without corresponding changes in the firing of lateral VTA DA neurons."
},
{
"n": null,
"doi": "10.1126/science.abn0532",
"value": "DA release area 3-4x larger than ACh signaling domain; nAChR blockade strongly reduces DA spread",
"n_analyzed": null,
"n_definition": "animals/slices",
"scope_region": "dorsal and ventral striatum",
"study_system": "mouse, striatal slices and in vivo",
"scope_population": "adult mice",
"value_source_sentence": "evoked dopamine release covered an area three to four times larger than evoked ACh release, and nAChR blockade strongly reduced its area"
}
],
"x_axis": "Brain region / behavioral paradigm",
"y_axis": "Neuromodulator signal characteristics",
"figure_id": "fig_sec8_DA_5HT_signaling",
"comparison_type": "cross-study quantitative comparison",
"homogeneity_check": {
"caveats": [
"Different species: human (FSCV) vs rat (fiber photometry) vs mouse (GRAB sensors/slices)",
"Different measurement techniques: FSCV measures concentration changes, fiber photometry measures fluorescent reporter activity, two-photon imaging measures sensor fluorescence",
"Different brain regions: caudate vs NAc core vs dorsal/ventral striatum",
"Different temporal resolution: sub-second FSCV vs fiber photometry ~100ms",
"Values are qualitative comparisons rather than directly comparable quantitative measures"
],
"comparable": false
}
}