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ArticleScience advances2025

Coding principles of dopaminergic transmission modes.

Limeng Huang, Yuanyu Chang, Zhipeng Yang, Wendy J Lynch, B Jill Venton

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Limeng HuangDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
Yuanyu ChangDepartment of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.
Zhipeng YangDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
Wendy J LynchDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA 22903, USA.
B Jill VentonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5096-9309

Funding

Dopaminergic and Glutamatergic Mechanisms of Cocaine Addiction: Sex DifferencesR01DA024716 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI Wendy Jean Lynch · 2008 to 2026
$6.1M
Multiplexed neurochemical methods to understand adenosine neuromodulationR01NS121014 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI B. JILL VENTON · 2022 to 2026
$3.0M
An investigation of low-intensity focused ultrasound for addictionR01DA052893 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA · PI Wendy Jean Lynch, B. JILL VENTON · 2022 to 2026
$2.9M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA024716NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA052893NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS121014
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dopaminergic neurons influence diverse behaviors with varied firing patterns, yet the precise mechanisms remain unclear. We introduce a multiplexed genetically encoded sensor-based imaging and voltammetry method to simultaneously record synaptic, perisynaptic, and extrasynaptic dopaminergic transmission at mouse central neurons. Using this method alongside a genetically encoded sensor-based image analysis program, we found that heterogeneous dopaminergic firing patterns create various transmission modes, encoding frequency, number, and synchrony of firing pulses using neurotransmitter quantity, releasing synapse count, and synaptic and/or volume transmission. Under both tonic and low-frequency phasic activities, transporters effectively reuptake dopamine at perisynaptic sites, confining dopamine within synaptic clefts to mediate synaptic transmission. In contrast, under high-frequency, particularly synchronized firing activity or transporter inhibition, released dopamine may overwhelm transporters, escaping from synaptic clefts via one to three outlet channels, triggering volume transmission. Our study illuminates a collaborative mechanism of synaptic enclosures, properties, and transporters that defines the coding principles of activity pattern-dependent dopaminergic transmission modes.

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DopamineDopaminergic NeuronsSynaptic TransmissionAnimalsDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsMiceSynapsesDopamineDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins

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PMID40435241
PMCPMC12118558

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