L-type calcium channels mediate a slow excitatory synaptic transmission in rat midbrain dopaminergic neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 6693-6703

  Bonci, Antonello ^a,d   Grillner, Pernilla ^a   Mercuri, Nicola B ^a,b,c   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,b  

^a Ist Ric Cura Carattere Sci S   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Ist Ricovero/Cura Carattere SSL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dihydropyridines; Dopamine neurons; Electrophysiology; Excitatory postsynaptic currents; L type calcium channels; Midbrain

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIHYDRO 2,6 DIMETHYL 5 NITRO 4 [2 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CALCIUM CHANNEL; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID RECEPTOR; NIMODIPINE; OMEGA CONOTOXIN; SACLOFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROSTIMULATION; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032171185     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-06693.1998     Document Type: Article

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