Independent presynaptic and postsynaptic mechanisms regulate endocannabinoid signaling at multiple synapses in the ventral tegmental area

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 49, 2004, Pages 11070-11078

  Riegel, Arthur C ^a   Lupica, Carl R ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bursting; Dopamine neuron; GABA; GABA B receptors; Marijuana; Mesolimbic; Metabotropic glutamate receptors; SK channels

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM; POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; MALE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; APAMIN; CALCIUM; DOPAMINE; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, CALCIUM-ACTIVATED; RATS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; RECEPTORS, METABOTROPIC GLUTAMATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPSES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 10944261748     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3695-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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