Acute cocaine exposure alters spine density and long-term potentiation in the ventral tegmental area

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 749-756

  Sarti, Federica ^a   Borgland, Stephanie L ^a   Kharazia, Viktor N ^a   Bonci, Antonello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptor : NMDA receptor ratio; Dendritic spines; Golgi Cox impregnation; Rat; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; COCAINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BONE DENSITY; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EXPOSURE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL SHAPE; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DENDRITIC SPINES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; GLUTAMIC ACID; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; LYSINE; MALE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 34547618436     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05689.x     Document Type: Article

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