Endocannabinoids Mediate Presynaptic Inhibition of Glutamatergic Transmission in Rat Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons through Activation of CB1 Receptors

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-62

  Melis, Miriam ^a   Pistis, Marco ^a   Perra, Simona ^a   Muntoni, Anna Lisa ^a   Pillolla, Giuliano ^a   Gessa, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cannabinoid receptor; Dopamine; Excitatory transmission; Midbrain; Retrograde signal; Vanilloid receptor

Indexed keywords

1 (2,4 DICHLOROPHENYL) 5 (4 IODOPHENYL) 4 METHYL N MORPHOLINO 1H PYRAZOLE 3 CARBOXAMIDE; 2,3 DIHYDRO 5 METHYL 3 (MORPHOLINOMETHYL) 6 (1 NAPHTHOYL)PYRROLO[1,2,3 DE][1,4]BENZOXAZINE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR AGONIST; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DEXANABINOL; DOPAMINE; ETICLOPRIDE; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; RIMONABANT; VANILLOID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRESYNAPTIC INHIBITION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GLUTAMINE; MALE; MORPHOLINES; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NAPHTHALENES; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0842322754     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4503-03.2004     Document Type: Article

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