Glutamate in dopamine neurons: Synaptic versus diffuse transmission

Brain Research Reviews

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 290-302

  Descarries, Laurent ^a   Bérubé Carrière, Noémie ^a   Riad, Mustapha ^a   Bo, Grégory Dal ^a   Mendez, J Alfredo ^a   Trudeau, Louis Éric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Co localization; Co transmission; Dopamine; Glutamate; Meso telencephalic DA system; VGluT2

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MONOAMINE; OXIDOPAMINE;

BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ISOLATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MESENCEPHALON; NEOSTRIATUM; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TEGMENTUM; TELENCEPHALON; TISSUE CULTURE; VARICOSIS;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 49549117784     PISSN: 01650173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2007.10.005     Document Type: Review

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