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Electrochemical measurement of acetylcholine in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: A technical report

View ORCID ProfileDevavrat Vartak, Chris van der Togt, Bram van Vugt, View ORCID ProfilePieter R. Roelfsema
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/120691
Devavrat Vartak
1Department of Vision & Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Chris van der Togt
1Department of Vision & Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Bram van Vugt
1Department of Vision & Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Pieter R. Roelfsema
1Department of Vision & Cognition, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Meibergdreef 47, 1105 BA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2Department of Integrative Neurophysiology, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
3Psychiatry Department, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Ever since the discovery of acetylcholine in 1913, its role as neuromodulator has been extensively studied in a variety of model systems. These previous studies revealed that acetylcholine is of critical importance for several cognitive functions including attention, learning and memory. In spite of these previous findings, it has proven difficult to determine the amount of acetylcholine that is released during cognitive tasks with sub-second temporal resolution. One method that might be used to measure acetylcholine release is the use of an enzyme-coupled amperometric sensor, which has been suggested to measure acetylcholine with high sensitivity, selectivity and relatively high temporal resolution (< 1 second). In the present study, we have tried to adapt the technique developed in the rodent model system by Parikh and colleagues1,2 for use in non-human primates. We aimed to measure in-vivo levels of acetylcholine in the macaque dorsolateral prefrontal cortex while the monkey performed an attention demanding curve-tracing task3,4. We report that our attempts to measure acetylcholine using amperometry in an awake behaving macaque monkey proved difficult and tedious and that our results are inconsistent and prone to noise. In the discussion, we will outline the challenges that will need to be addressed to use this technique in non-human primates and hope that our observations inspire solutions to help future research on the role of this important neurotransmitter.

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Electrochemical measurement of acetylcholine in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: A technical report
Devavrat Vartak, Chris van der Togt, Bram van Vugt, Pieter R. Roelfsema
bioRxiv 120691; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/120691
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Electrochemical measurement of acetylcholine in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex: A technical report
Devavrat Vartak, Chris van der Togt, Bram van Vugt, Pieter R. Roelfsema
bioRxiv 120691; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/120691

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