The synaptic framework for chemical signaling in nucleus accumbens

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 877, Issue , 1999, Pages 140-156

  Meredith, G E ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; DIAMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DYNORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; OPIATE PEPTIDE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE LESION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0032808977     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb09266.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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