Contrast enhancement: A physiological effect of striatal dopamine?

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 318, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-106

  Nicola, Saleem M ^a   Hopf, F Woodward ^a   Hjelmstad, Gregory O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Drug abuse; Electrophysiology; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; IONTOPHORESIS; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3142659157     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-0929-z     Document Type: Review

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