FACS Array Profiling Identifies Ecto-5′ Nucleotidase as a Striatopallidal Neuron-Specific Gene Involved in Striatal-Dependent Learning

S.L.E. was supported by a FRIA (Fonds pour la formation à la Recherche dans l'Industrie et dans l'Agriculture) PhD fellowship from the Fund for Scientific Research-Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FRS-FNRS) (Belgium) and a Biowin grant from the Walloon Region. A.d.K.d'E. is a Research Associate of the FRS-FNRS (Belgium). This study was supported by the Fondation Médicale Reine Elisabeth (Belgium), FRS-FNRS (Belgium), FER (Fonds d'Encouragement à la Recherche) from Université Libre de Bruxelles, the Interuniversity Attraction Poles program (IUAP–P7/10) from the Belgian State, Federal Office for Scientific Affairs, Action de Recherche Concertée from the FWB (Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles). We thank Professor Linda Thompson and Professor Corrinne Lobe for providing the NT5e knock-out mice and Z/EG mice, respectively; Professor Oberdan Leo and Georgette Vansanten for the expertise with FACS and the use of their FACS facilities; Dr. Fabrice Heizt for his expertise with lentiviral vectors; Professor Nicholas Dale and Dr. Robert Sims for their help with the adenosine biosensors; Delphine Houtteman, Laetitia Cuvelier, and Souad Laghmari for expert technical assistance; and Professor Michele Zoli for the helpful and critical comments on the manuscript. We would like to acknowledge Professor Jean-Marie Vanderwinden and Dr. Frédéric Bollet-Quivogne from the Light Microscopy Facility, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, for their support with the imaging presented herein.