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. 2021 Apr 15;10(4):907. doi: 10.3390/cells10040907

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Simplified output map of striatal cholinergic interneurons. Cholinergic interneurons make local connections within the striatum, both conventional synaptic connections that involve nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors, and volume transmission sites that involve muscarinic ACh receptor signaling. At corticostriatal and thalamostriatal terminals onto MSNs, both nicotinic and muscarinic ACh transmission occur. Abbreviations: MSN = medium spiny neuron, SNc = substantia nigra pars compacta, FAI = fast-adapting interneuron, NPY-NGF = neuropeptide Y-expressing neurogliaform interneuron, PVIN = parvalbumin-expressing interneuron, ChIN = cholinergic interneuron, PF = parafascicular thalamic neuron, THIN = tyrosine hydroxylase-expressing interneuron.