Activation of group II metabotropic glutamate receptors inhibits synaptic excitation of the substantia nigra pars reticulata

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 3085-3094

  Bradley, Stefania Risso ^a   Marino, Michael J ^a   Wittmann, Marion ^b   Rouse, Susan T ^a   Awad, Hazar ^a   Levey, Allan I ^a   Conn, P Jeffrey ^a,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c Rollins Research Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Catalepsy; Group II metabotropic glutamate receptors; Parkinson's disease; Presynaptic inhibition; Substantia nigra pars reticulata; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0034193374     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-09-03085.2000     Document Type: Article

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