Amphetamine depresses excitatory synaptic transmission via serotonin receptors in the ventral tegmental area

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 9780-9787

  Jones, Susan ^a   Kauer, Julie A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Excitatory synaptic transmission; Glutamatergic; Psychostimulants; Serotonin; Ventral tegmental area (VTA)

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0033571970     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-22-09780.1999     Document Type: Article

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