Pedunculopontine tegmental stimulation evokes striatal dopamine efflux by activation of acetylcholine and glutamate receptors in the midbrain and pons of the rat

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 751-762

  Forster, Gina L ^a,b   Blaha, Charles D ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of South Dakota   (United States)

Author keywords

Muscarinic receptors; Nicotinic receptors; Substantia nigra; Voltammetry

Indexed keywords

ALPHA METHYL 4 CARBOXYPHENYLGLYCINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; KYNURENIC ACID; MECAMYLAMINE; METHOCTRAMINE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SCOPOLAMINE; URETHAN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; NEURONS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037295348     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02511.x     Document Type: Article

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