Effects of dopaminergic modulation on the integrative properties of the ventral striatal medium spiny neuron

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3731-3748

  Moyer, Jason T ^a   Wolf, John A ^b   Finkel, Leif H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CALCIUM; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SODIUM CURRENT;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DENDRITES; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); NEURONS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPSES;

EID: 37549003263     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00335.2007     Document Type: Article

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