Extrasynaptic vesicular transmitter release from the somata of substantia nigra neurons in rat midbrain slices

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 3548-3553

  Jaffe, Erica H ^a,b,d   Marty, Alain ^b   Schulte, Albert ^a,c   Chow, Robert H ^c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amperometry, pars compacta; Carbon fiber; Dopamine; Exocytosis; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CARBON; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MONOAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POTASSIUM ION;

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EXOCYTOSIS; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0032525142     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-10-03548.1998     Document Type: Article

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