Dopamine increases the gain of the input-output response of rat prefrontal pyramidal neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2985-2997

  Thurley, Kay ^a   Senn, Walter ^a   Lüscher, Hans Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR;

AFTERHYPERPOLARIZATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; WORKING MEMORY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZAZEPINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 53249086757     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.01098.2007     Document Type: Article

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