Increased GABAergic input to ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons associated with decreased cocaine reinforcement in μ-opioid receptor knockout mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 359-367

  Mathon, D S ^a   Lesscher, H M B ^a   Gerrits, M A F M ^a   Kamal, A ^a   Pintar, J E ^b   Schuller, A G P ^b   Spruijt, B M ^c   Burbach, J P H ^a   Smidt, M P ^a   Van Ree, J M ^a   Ramakers, G M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

addiction; cocaine; dopamine; GABA; opioids; ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

MU OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WILD TYPE;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 19944430994     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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