Psychostimulants depress excitatory synaptic transmission in the nucleus accumbens via presynaptic D1-like dopamine receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1591-1604

  Nicola, Saleem M ^a   Kombian, Samuel B ^a,c   Malenka, Robert C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

6 hydroxydopamine; amphetamine; cocaine; dopamine; dopamine receptors; excitatory synaptic transmission; miniature excitatory postsynaptic currents; nucleus accumbens; presynaptic modulation

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 6,7 DIHYDROXYTETRALIN; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; QUINPIROLE; SULPIRIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FACILITATION; FEMALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATCH CLAMP; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029866210     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-05-01591.1996     Document Type: Article

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