KEY RESOURCES TABLE

REAGENT or RESOURCE	SOURCE	IDENTIFIER
Antibodies
Rabbit anti-TH antibody	Abcam	Cat# ab112; RRID:AB_297840
Goat Anti-Rabbit IgG (H+L) Antibody, Alexa Fluor 633 Conjugated	Invitrogen	Cat# A-21070; RRID:AB_2535731
Donkey anti-Goat IgG (H+L) Cross-Adsorbed Secondary Antibody, Alexa Fluor 633	Thermo Fisher Scientific	Cat#A21082; RRID: AB_2535739
Anti-Choline Acetyltransferase antibody	Abcam	Cat#ab254118, RRID: N/A
Rabbit anti-parvalbumin antibody	SWant	Cat# PV 25; RRID:AB_10000344
Bacterial and virus strains
AAV9-Syn-GCaMP6f.WPRE.SV40 6.6 × 1012 GC ml−1	Addgene	Cat# 100837-AAV9, RRID:Addgene_100837
AAV9-CAG-flex-tdTomato.WPRE.SV40 5.9 × 1012GC ml−1	UNC vector core	N/A
Chemicals, peptides, and recombinant proteins
6-Hydroxydopamine hydrobromide	Sigma	Cat#H116-5MG
Desipramine hydrochloride	Sigma	Cat#D3900-1G
L-Ascorbic acid,BioXtra, ≥99.0%, crystalline	Sigma	Cat#A5960-25G
D-Amphetamine hemisulfate salt	Sigma	Cat#A5880-5G
Levodopa	Sigma	Cat#1361009-200MG
Sterile Solutions for Injection, 0.9% Sodium (Saline)	Baxter	Cat#68000-314
Experimental models: Organisms/strains
Mouse: C57BL/6	Charles River Laboratories	Cat#: C57BL/6
Mouse: GM24Gsat (Chat-cre)	MMRRC	Cat#017269-UCD, RRID:MMRRC_017269-UC
Mouse: 129P2-Pvalbtm1(cre)Arbr/J	Jackson Laboratories	Cat#JAX:008069, RRID:IMSR_JAX:008069
Software and algorithms
Matlab2019a	Mathworks	RRID:SCR_001622
HCImage	Hamamatsu Photonics	RRID:SCR_015041
RStudio	RStudio	RRID:SCR_000432
Python Programming Language	NA	RRID:SCR_008394
Code archived	N/A	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5786809