Midbrain dopamine neurons: Projection target determines action potential duration and dopamine D2 receptor inhibition

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 36, 2008, Pages 8908-8913

  Margolis, Elyssa B ^a   Mitchell, Jennifer M ^a   Ishikawa, Junko ^a   Hjelmstad, Gregory O ^a,b   Fields, Howard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

opioid; Amygdala; D2 receptor; Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; QUINPIROLE; ANALGESIC AGENT; BENZENEACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BIOCYTIN; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LYSINE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; NEWBORN; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AMYGDALA; ANALGESICS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BENZENEACETAMIDES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; LYSINE; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PYRROLIDINES; QUINPIROLE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 54049129747     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1526-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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