Pharmacological reduction of small conductance calcium-activated potassium current (SK) potentiates the excitatory effect of ethanol on ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 325-333

  Brodie, Mark S ^a   McElvain, Maureen A ^a   Bunney, E Bradshaw ^a   Appel, Sarah B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; APAMIN; DOPAMINE; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; DRUG POTENCY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; APAMIN; DOPAMINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; ETHANOL; MALE; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TUBOCURARINE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0032967783     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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