A slow excitatory postsynaptic current mediated by G-protein-coupled metabotropic glutamate receptors in rat ventral tegmental dopamine neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-54

  Johnson, Steven W ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AP4; MCPG; Slow EPSC; Substantia nigra; Synaptic current; trans ACPD

Indexed keywords

1 AMINO 1,3 CYCLOPENTANEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; 2 AMINO 3 PHOSPHONOPROPIONIC ACID; 2 AMINO 4 PHOSPHONOBUTYRIC ACID; ALPHA METHYL 4 CARBOXYPHENYLGLYCINE; CALCIUM ION; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; MAGNESIUM ION; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0031059716     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01352.x     Document Type: Article

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