2009
Decreased number of parvalbumin and cholinergic interneurons in the striatum of individuals with Tourette syndrome
Kataoka Y, Kalanithi PS, Grantz H, Schwartz ML, Saper C, Leckman JF, Vaccarino FM. Decreased number of parvalbumin and cholinergic interneurons in the striatum of individuals with Tourette syndrome. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 2009, 518: 277-291. PMID: 19941350, PMCID: PMC2846837, DOI: 10.1002/cne.22206.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedium spiny neuronsCholinergic interneuronsTourette syndromeNormal controlsCholinergic striatal interneuronsNumber of parvalbuminBrains of patientsCaudate nucleus volumeUnbiased stereological analysisStriatal interneuronsOngoing motor behaviorCholinergic cellsTotal neuronsCholine acetyltransferaseSpiny neuronsLimbic regionsStriatum of individualsTS patientsPostmortem brainsThalamic controlSensorimotor regionsInterneuronsCellular abnormalitiesNeuron firingTS subjects
1993
Cholinergic innervation of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus in the monkey: Ultrastructural evidence supportive of functional diversity
Schwartz M, Mrzljak L. Cholinergic innervation of the mediodorsal thalamic nucleus in the monkey: Ultrastructural evidence supportive of functional diversity. The Journal Of Comparative Neurology 1993, 327: 48-62. PMID: 8432908, DOI: 10.1002/cne.903270105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLocal circuit neuronsCell dendritesCircuit neuronsCholinergic innervationSymmetric synapsesImmunoreactive axonsSynaptic profilesMediodorsal thalamic nucleusEnzyme choline acetyltransferaseChAT-immunoreactive axonsFrequency of synapsesAssociation nucleiExtraglomerular neuropilCholinergic inputSynaptic contactsCholine acetyltransferaseThalamic nucleiSynaptic organizationParvicellular divisionElectron microscopic examinationMediodorsal nucleusGlomerular regionPrimate thalamusMacaque monkeysMD nucleus