Repeated cocaine administration increases membrane excitability of pyramidal neurons in the rat medial prefrontal cortex

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 312, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1305-1313

  Nasif, Fernando J ^a   Sidiropoulou, Kyriaki ^a   Hu, Xiu Ti ^a,b   White, Francis J ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; COCAINE; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BARIUM; COCAINE; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, VOLTAGE-GATED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 14344263417     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.104.075184     Document Type: Article

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