“…A 2A R are also present at corticostriatal terminals ( Hettinger et al, 2001 ; Rebola et al, 2005 ), where they modulate glutamate release ( Ciruela et al, 2006 ; Rodrigues et al, 2005 ), controlling A 1 R ( Ciruela et al, 2006 ), CB 1 R ( Ferreira et al, 2015 ; Martire et al, 2011 ) and mGlu5R ( Rodrigues et al, 2005 ). Thus, A 2A R are uniquely positioned to integrate incoming information (glutamate signals) and neuronal sensitivity to this incoming information (dopamine signals) ( Ferré et al, 2023 ) to control striatal synaptic plasticity (long-term depression - LTD and long-term potentiation - LTP) and different striatum-dependent behaviors including goal-directed behavior. Accordingly, A 2A R modulate LTP at corticoaccumbal synapses ( d’Alcantara et al, 2001 ) and LTP, LTD ( Li et al, 2015a ; Maltese et al, 2017 ; Morató et al, 2019 ) and spike-timing-dependent LTP ( Flajolet et al, 2008 ; Shen et al, 2008a ) at glutamatergic synapses onto striatopallidal MSN.…”