Bielopolski, N., Amin, H., Apostolopoulou, A.A. orcid.org/0000-0002-8174-4372 et al. (5 more authors) (2019) Inhibitory muscarinic acetylcholine receptors enhance aversive olfactory conditioning in adult Drosophila. eLife, 8. e48264. ISSN 2050-084X
Abstract
Olfactory associative learning in Drosophila is mediated by synaptic plasticity between the Kenyon cells of the mushroom body and their output neurons. Both Kenyon cells and their inputs from projection neurons are cholinergic, yet little is known about the physiological function of muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in learning in adult flies. Here, we show that aversive olfactory learning in adult flies requires type A muscarinic acetylcholine receptors (mAChR-A), particularly in the gamma subtype of Kenyon cells. mAChR-A inhibits odor responses and is localized in Kenyon cell dendrites. Moreover, mAChR-A knockdown impairs the learning-associated depression of odor responses in a mushroom body output neuron. Our results suggest that mAChR-A function in Kenyon cell dendrites is required for synaptic plasticity between Kenyon cells and their output neurons.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Bielopolski et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Biosciences (Sheffield) > Department of Biomedical Science (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 03 Feb 2020 16:57 |
Last Modified: | 03 Feb 2020 16:57 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | eLife Sciences Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.7554/eLife.48264.001 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:154745 |