Characterization of dopamine-induced depolarization of prefrontal cortical neurons

Synapse

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 415-422

  Shi, Wei Xing ^a   Zheng, Ping ^a   Liang, Xiao Fu ^a   Bunney, Benjamin S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clozapine; Dopamine receptor; Prefrontal cortex; Pyramidal cell; Thin slice; Whole cell recording

Indexed keywords

ALPRENOLOL; CLOZAPINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PHENTOLAMINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EXCITABILITY; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030787830     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199708)26:4<415::AID-SYN9>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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