Stress-induced, glucocorticoid-dependent strengthening of glutamatergic synaptic transmission in midbrain dopamine neurons

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 452, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 273-276

  Daftary, Shabrine S ^a   Panksepp, Jaak ^b   Dong, Yan ^b   Saal, Daniel B ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; AMPA receptor; Excitatory synapse; Glucocorticoid; Stress; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MIFEPRISTONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; STRESS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 60849131709     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.01.070     Document Type: Article

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