A pharmacological analysis of the burst events induced in midbrain dopaminergic neurons by electrical stimulation of the prefrontal cortex in the rat

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 523-540

  Overton, P G ^a   Tong, Z Y ^a   Clark, D ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apomorphine; Extracellular recording; Picrotoxin; Substantia nigra pars compacta; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; APOMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GABA ANTAGONISTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PICROTOXIN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RESPIRATORY BURST;

EID: 0029842403     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01273151     Document Type: Article

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