Ethanol stimulates the firing rate of nigral dopaminergic neurons in unanesthetized rats

Brain Research

Volumn 292, Issue 1, 1984, Pages 63-69

  Mereu, Giampaolo ^a   Fadda, Fabio ^a   Gian Luigi Gessa, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

anesthesia; DA neurons; ethanol; firing; substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMAL; CHLORAL HYDRATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; HALOTHANE; MALE; PENTOBARBITAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0021366487     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(84)90890-4     Document Type: Article

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