Dorsal raphe stimulation differentially modulates dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area and substantia nigra

Synapse

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 281-291

  Gervais, Julie ^a   Rouillard, Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Université Laval   (Canada)

Author keywords

5,7 dihydroxytryptamine; Burst firing; Electro physiology; Extracellular recording; Firing pattern; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5,7 DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BURST FORMING UNIT; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; HISTOGRAM; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

5,7-DIHYDROXYTRYPTAMINE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURONS; RAPHE NUCLEI; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0033980706     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(20000315)35:4<281::AID-SYN6>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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