Taurine activates excitatory non-synaptic glycine receptors on dopamine neurones in ventral tegmental area of young rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 565, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 503-516

  Wang, Fushun ^a   Xiao, Cheng ^a   Ye, Jiang Hong ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BICUCULLINE; DOPAMINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR AGONIST; GRAMICIDIN; PICROTOXIN; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG MECHANISM; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOLTAGE CLAMP; ACTION POTENTIAL; AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; DESENSITIZATION; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CONVULSANTS; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCINE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 21044449793     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2005.085423     Document Type: Article

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