A basal ganglia pathway drives selective auditory responses in songbird dopaminergic neurons via disinhibition

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1027-1037

  Gale, Samuel D ^a   Perkel, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 6 NITRO 7 SULFAMOYLBENZO[F]QUINOXALINE 2,3 DIONE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOLOGY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REWARD; SENSORY STIMULATION; SONGBIRD; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; FINCH; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BASAL GANGLIA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FINCHES; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; REACTION TIME; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 75749148019     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3585-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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