Long-lasting potentiation of GABAergic synapses in dopamine neurons after a single in vivo ethanol exposure

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2074-2082

  Melis, Miriam ^a   Camarini, Rosana ^a   Ungless, Mark A ^a   Bonci, Antonello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; Ethanol; PKA; Presynaptic plasticity; Probability of GABA release; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPYL(DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE; N (2 AMINOETHYL) 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FACILITATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0037088932     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-06-02074.2002     Document Type: Article

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