Putative role of presynaptic α7* nicotinic receptors in nicotine stimulated increases of extracellular levels of glutamate and aspartate in the ventral tegmental area

Synapse

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 375-383

  Schilstrom B ^a   Fagerquist, M V ^a   Zhang, X ^a   Hertel, P ^a   Panagis, G ^a   Nomikos, G G ^a,b   Svensson, T H ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding; Dopamine; Microdialysis; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; AMINO ACID; ASPARTIC ACID; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; IBOTENIC ACID; METHYLLYCACONITINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0034672822     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2396(20001215)38:4<375::AID-SYN2>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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