The depletion of brain serotonin levels by para-chlorophenylalanine administration significantly alters the activity of midbrain dopamine cells in rats: An extracellular single cell recording study

Synapse

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 46-53

  Minabe, Yoshio ^a   Emori, Kenji ^a   Ashby Jr , Charles R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Extracellular recording; PCPA; Serotonin; Substantia nigra pars compacta; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; APOMORPHINE; BENSERAZIDE; DOPAMINE; FENCLONINE; HALOPERIDOL; LEVODOPA; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

5-HYDROXYTRYPTOPHAN; ANIMALS; BENSERAZIDE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FENCLONINE; LEVODOPA; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; MESENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN AGENTS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0030053716     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199601)22:1<46::AID-SYN5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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