Different function of pedunculopontine GABA and glutamate receptors in nucleus accumbens dopamine, pedunculopontine glutamate and operant discriminative behavior

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1720-1730

  Steiniger Brach, Björn ^a,b   Kretschmer, Beate D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Microdialysis; Prefrontal cortex; Rats; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; BACLOFEN; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REWARD; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALPHA-AMINO-3-HYDROXY-5-METHYL-4-ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 26944481122     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04361.x     Document Type: Article

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