Nucleus accumbens neurons exhibit synaptic scaling that is occluded by repeated dopamine pre-exposure

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 539-550

  Sun, Xiu ^a   Wolf, Marina E ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptors; Homeostatic plasticity; Rat; Synaptic scaling; Ubiquitin proteasome system

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; PROTEASOME; TETRODOTOXIN; UBIQUITIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SYNAPTIC SCALING;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BICUCULLINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, AMPA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 69249130456     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06852.x     Document Type: Article

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