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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2016 May 10;1860(11 Pt B):2696–2705. doi: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2016.04.031

Table 2.

Perturbations on neurotransmitters and their effects on balance of mobiles

Perturbation Mobile for GABAergic neurons# Mobile for Glutamatergic neurons$ Overall Mobile%
ACh antagonist on Glu neurons in PFC DA/NE down
GABA down
5-HT/DA/NE down
5-HT down
GABA down
DA D2 antagonist on GABAergic neurons in striatum ACh/Glu/GABA down
Activation of DA D1 on GABAergic neurons in striatum GABA down
ACh/Glu/GABA down
NMDA receptor agonist on GABAergic neurons in GPi GABA down
ACh/Glu/GABA down
NMDA receptor antagonist on GABAergic neurons in GPe Glu down
Reuptake inhibitor of GABA release to Glu neurons in STN ACh/Glu/GABA down
GABA down
5-HT2 agonist on Glu neurons in Thalamus ACh/Glu/GABA down
Glu down
ACh/Glu/GABA down
Glu down
NE α1 antagonist on DA neurons in VTA NE down
5-HT down
ACh/Glu/GABA down
NE down
ACh/Glu/GABA down
5-HT down
5-HT2 antagonist on GABA neurons in VTA 5-HT/DA/NE down
DA down
Glu down
Reuptake inhibitor of ACh release to DA in SNpc DA/NE down
GABA down
5-HT/DA/NE down
5-HT down
GABA down
NE α1 antagonist on ACh neurons in LDT ACh/Glu/GABA down ACh/Glu/GABA down
5-HT down
Glu down
Reuptake inhibitor of GABA release to 5-HT neurons in DRN DA down DA/NE down
Glu down
ACh/Glu/GABA down
DA down
GABA down
Reuptake activation of GABA release to NE neurons in LC 5-HT/DA/NE down
Glu down
NMDA receptor antagonist on GABAergic neurons in DRN 5-HT/DA/NE down
5-HT down
Glu down
5-HT2 agonist on GABA neurons in LC ACh/Glu/GABA down
GABA down
#

: the symbol ““ indicates balance of a mobile.

$

: Text descriptions, such as DA/NE down, indicate an imbalanced state of a mobile; specifically, DA/NE down means the scale with DA and NE tilts down on the side of these neurotransmitters.

%

: For abbreviations, please refer to the legend of Figure 1.