Dopamine and neuronal assemblies

Selected publications

• Developmental alterations of indirect-pathway medium spiny neurons in mouse models of Huntington’s disease
  Margaux Lebouc, Léa Bonamy, Thibault Dhellemmes, Jakob Scharnholz, Quentin Richard, Gilles Courtand, Alexandre Brochard, Frédéric Martins, Marc Landry, Jérôme Baufreton, Maurice Garret.
  Neurobiology of Disease. 2025-05-01. 208 : 106874.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2025.106874
• A population of Insula neurons encodes for social preference only after acute social isolation in mice
  Christelle Glangetas, Adriane Guillaumin, Elodie Ladevèze, Anaelle Braine, Manon Gauthier, Léa Bonamy, Evelyne Doudnikoff, Thibault Dhellemmes, Marc Landry, Erwan Bézard, Stephanie Caille, Anne Taupignon, Jérôme Baufreton, François Georges.
  Nat Commun. 2024-08-21. 15 (1)
  DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-51389-4
• Emotion in action: When emotions meet motor circuits
  Anaelle Braine, François Georges.
  Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 2023-12-01. 155 : 105475.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105475
• A role for the subthalamic nucleus in aversive learning
  Gian Pietro Serra, Adriane Guillaumin, Bianca Vlcek, Lorena Delgado-Zabalza, Alessia Ricci, Eleonora Rubino, Sylvie Dumas, Jérôme Baufreton, François Georges, Åsa Wallén-Mackenzie.
  Cell Reports. 2023-11-01. 42 (11) : 113328.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113328
• Targeting parvalbumin-expressing neurons in the substantia nigra pars reticulata restores motor function in parkinsonian mice
  Lorena Delgado-Zabalza, Nicolas P. Mallet, Christelle Glangetas, Guillaume Dabee, Maurice Garret, Cristina Miguelez, Jérôme Baufreton.
  Cell Reports. 2023-10-01. 42 (10) : 113287.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113287
• Spatiomolecular Characterization of Dopamine D2 Receptors Cells in the Mouse External Globus Pallidus
  Julie Espallergues, Jihane Boubaker-Vitre, Audrey Mignon, Maelle Avrillon, Morgane Le Bon-Jego, Jerome Baufreton, Emmanuel Valjent.
  CN. 2023-07-20. 21
  DOI: 10.2174/1570159x21666230720121027
• A non-canonical GABAergic pathway to the VTA promotes unconditioned freezing
  Loïc Broussot, Thomas Contesse, Renan Costa-Campos, Christelle Glangetas, Léa Royon, Hugo Fofo, Thomas Lorivel, François Georges, Sebastian P. Fernandez, Jacques Barik.
  Mol Psychiatry. 2022-09-20. 27 (12) : 4905-4917.
  DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01765-7
• Striatal circuit development and its alterations in Huntington’s disease
  Margaux Lebouc, Quentin Richard, Maurice Garret, Jérôme Baufreton.
  Neurobiology of Disease. 2020-09-01. : 105076.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2020.105076
• Dysregulation of external globus pallidus‐subthalamic nucleus network dynamics in parkinsonian mice during cortical slow‐wave activity and activation
  Ryan F. Kovaleski, Joshua W. Callahan, Marine Chazalon, David L. Wokosin, Jérôme Baufreton, Mark D. Bevan.
  J Physiol. 2020-02-29.
  DOI: 10.1113/JP279232
• Dopamine D2 receptors modulate intrinsic properties and synaptic transmission of parvalbumin interneurons in the mouse primary motor cortex
  Jeremy Cousineau, Lea Lescouzeres, Anne Taupignon, Lorena Delgado-Zabalza, Emmanuel Valjent, Jerome Baufreton, Morgane Le Bon-Jego.
  . 2019-10-13.
  DOI: 10.1101/802140
• Cellular and Synaptic Dysfunctions in Parkinson’s Disease: Stepping out of the Striatum
  Mallet, Delgado, Chazalon, Miguelez, Baufreton.
  Cells. 2019-08-29. 8 (9) : 1005.
  DOI: 10.3390/cells8091005
• The motivation for exercise over palatable food is dictated by cannabinoid type-1 receptors.
  Carolina Muguruza, Bastien Redon, Giulia R. Fois, Imane Hurel, Amandine Scocard, Claire Nguyen, Christopher Stevens, Edgar Soria-Gomez, Marjorie Varilh, Astrid Cannich, Justine Daniault, Arnau Busquets-Garcia, Teresa Pelliccia, Stéphanie Caillé, François Georges, Giovanni Marsicano, Francis Chaouloff.
  JCI Insight. 2019-03-07. 4 (5)
  DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.126190
• D5 dopamine receptors control glutamatergic AMPA transmission between the motor cortex and subthalamic nucleus
  Lionel Froux, Morgane Le Bon-Jego, Cristina Miguelez, Elisabeth Normand, Stephanie Morin, Stéphanie Fioramonti, Massimo Barresi, Andreas Frick, Jerome Baufreton, Anne Taupignon.
  Sci Rep. 2018-06-11. 8 (1)
  DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27195-6
• GAT-3 Dysfunction Generates Tonic Inhibition in External Globus Pallidus Neurons in Parkinsonian Rodents
  Marine Chazalon, Elena Paredes-Rodriguez, Stéphanie Morin, Audrey Martinez, Sofia Cristóvão-Ferreira, Sandra Vaz, Ana Sebastiao, Aude Panatier, Eric Boué-Grabot, Cristina Miguelez, Jérôme Baufreton.
  Cell Reports. 2018-05-01. 23 (6) : 1678-1690.
  DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.04.014
• Alteration of GABAergic neurotransmission in Huntington’s disease
  Maurice Garret, Zhuowei Du, Marine Chazalon, Yoon H. Cho, Jérôme Baufreton.
  CNS Neurosci Ther. 2018-02-21. 24 (4) : 292-300.
  DOI: 10.1111/cns.12826
• Hippocampal LTP and contextual learning require surface diffusion of AMPA receptors.
  A. C. Penn, C. L. Zhang, F. Georges, L. Royer, C. Breillat, E. Hosy, J. D. Petersen, Y. Humeau, D. Choquet.
  Nature. 2017-09-13. 549 (7672) : 384-388.
  DOI: 10.1038/nature23658
• Species-specific diversity in the anatomical and physiological organisation of the BNST-VTA pathway.
  Jennifer Kaufling, Delphine Girard, Marlène Maitre, Thierry Leste-Lasserre, François Georges.
  Eur J Neurosci. 2017-03-28. 45 (9) : 1230-1240.
  DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13554
• NMDA-receptor-dependent plasticity in the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis triggers long-term anxiolysis.
  Christelle Glangetas, Léma Massi, Giulia R. Fois, Marion Jalabert, Delphine Girard, Marco Diana, Keisuke Yonehara, Botond Roska, Chun Xu, Andreas Lüthi, Stéphanie Caille, François Georges.
  Nat Comms. 2017-02-20. 8 : 14456.
  DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14456
• Opioid receptor gene expression in the rat brain during ontogeny, with special reference to the mesostriatal system: an in situ hybridization study.
  Georges F1, Normand E, Bloch B, Le Moine C..
  Brain Res Dev Brain Res.. 1998-08-08. 109 (2) : 187-99.
  DOI: 10.1016/s0165-3806(98)00082-0