Synaptic overflow of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens arises from neuronal activity in the ventral tegmental area

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1735-1742

  Sombers, Leslie A ^a   Beyene, Manna ^b   Carelli, Regina M ^a,b,c   Wightman, R Mark ^a,b,c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst firing; Carbon fiber microelectrode; Cocaine; In vivo voltammetry; Intracranial self stimulation; Neurotransmission

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; LIDOCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EVOKED RESPONSE; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SELF STIMULATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WAKEFULNESS;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 60849107725     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5562-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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