Presynaptic GABAA receptors facilitate GABAergic transmission to dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area of young rats

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 580, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 731-743

  Xiao, Cheng ^a   Zhou, Chunyi ^a   Li, Keyong ^a   Ye, Jiang Hong ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; [3 (3,4 DICHLOROBENZYLAMINO)PROPYL](DIETHOXYMETHYL)PHOSPHINIC ACID; ALCOHOL; ARECAIDINE; CADMIUM; FUROSEMIDE; GABOXADOL; GUVACINE; MUSCIMOL; TETRODOTOXIN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE; ISOPROTEIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SLICE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EVOKED RESPONSE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL CELL; FACILITATION; MEMBRANE CURRENT; NERVE FIBER; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; DOPAMINE; GABA AGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MUSCIMOL; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 34249862804     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2006.124099     Document Type: Article

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