Activation of TRPVI in the VTA excites dopaminergic neurons and increases chemical- and noxious-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 864-870

  Marinelli, Silvia ^a   Pascucci, Tiziana ^a,b   Bernardi, Giorgio ^a,c   Puglisi Allegra, Stefano ^a,b   Mercuri, Nicola B ^a,c  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capsaicin; Dopamine; Mesolimbic area; Microdialysis; Noxious stimulation; Patch clamp recordings

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; CAPSAICIN; DOPAMINE; IODORESINEFERATOXIN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANILLOID RECEPTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NOCICEPTIVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; STIMULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; PAIN; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CAPSAICIN; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PAIN; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 17644367823     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300615     Document Type: Article

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