Short- and Long-Term Modulation of Synaptic Inputs to Brain Reward Areas by Nicotine

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1003, Issue , 2003, Pages 185-195

  Fagen, Zara M ^a   Mansvelder, Huibert D ^b   Keath, J Russel ^c   McGehee, Daniel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dopamine; GABA; Glutamate; LTP; Sensitization; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ADDICTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; REWARD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0347722462     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1300.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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