Presynaptic regulation of glutamate release in the ventral tegmental area during morphine withdrawal

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 6629-6636

  Manzoni, Olivier J ^a   Williams, John T ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GABA; Glutamate; Metabotropic receptors; Morphine withdrawal; Opioid; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ALANINE; ARACHIDONATE 12 LIPOXYGENASE; BAICALEIN; ENKEPHALIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLYCINE; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; METHIONINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE AGONIST; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; NONHUMAN; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; POTASSIUM CONDUCTANCE; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0033178413     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-15-06629.1999     Document Type: Article

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