Neurotransmitter present in nigro-striatal pathway is:March 2012: (A) Acetylcholine, (B) Dopamine, (C) Epinephrine, (D) GABA
Answer is B. Ans: B i.e. DopamineNeurotransmittersCholinergic i.e.acetylcholine secreting neurons, are present in the pathway that emerges from cerebral coex to end in neostriatumDopaminergic neurons,are present in the nigro-striatal pathwayGABAergic fibres are present in pathway that connect cerebral coex to substantia nigra