Stimulation of P2 receptors in the ventral tegmental area enhances dopaminergic mechanisms in vivo

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1084-1093

  Krügel, Ute ^a   Kittner, Holger ^a   Franke, Heike ^a   Illes, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Locomotion; Nucleus accumbens; P2 receptors; Sensitisation; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

2 METHYLTHIOADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; PURINE P2 RECEPTOR; PURINE P2Y RECEPTOR; PURINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE 6 AZOPHENYL 2',4' DISULFONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD BEHAVIOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PYRIDOXAL PHOSPHATE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PURINERGIC P2; THIONUCLEOTIDES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0034988011     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3908(01)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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