Heterogeneity of ventral tegmental area neurons: Single-unit recording and iontophoresis in awake, unrestrained rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1285-1309

  Kiyatkin, E A ^a   Rebec, G V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; GABA; Glutamate; Iontophoresis; Single unit recording; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPIKE WAVE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WAVEFORM;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RED NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0032144781     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00054-2     Document Type: Article

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