Modulation of basolateral amygdala neuronal firing and afferent drive by dopamine receptor activation in vivo

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 11027-11039

  Rosenkranz, J Amiel ^a,b   Grace, Anthony A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Afferent; Basolateral amygdala; Dopamine; Electrophysiology; Interneuron; Iontophoresis; Modulation; Projection neuron; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0033573541     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-24-11027.1999     Document Type: Article

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