Dopamine reverses the depression of rat corticostriatal synapses which normally follows high-frequency stimulation of cortex in vitro

Neuroscience

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-5

  Wickens, J R ^a   Begg, A J ^b   Arbuthnott, G W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Learning; Reinforcement mechanisms; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMAL; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DOPAMINE; IN VITRO; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029655991     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00436-M     Document Type: Article

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