Electrophysiological characteristics of dopamine neurons: A 35-year update

Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplementa

Volumn , Issue 73, 2009, Pages 103-119

  Shi, Wei Xing ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Antipsychotic drug; Autoreceptor; Burst; Feedback control; Non DA neurons; Pacemaker potential; Prefrontal cortex; SK channel; Slow oscillation; Striatum; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

1 ETHYL 2 BENZIMIDAZOLINONE; 4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOPYRIDINE; APOMORPHINE; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; AUTORECEPTOR; CHLORPROMAZINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DIHYDROPYRIDINE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HALOPERIDOL; LEVODOPA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NIFEDIPINE; OXIDOPAMINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; QUINPIROLE; TETRODOTOXIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ION CHANNEL;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL DEATH; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PACEMAKER NERVE CELL; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPIKE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTORY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; ION CHANNELS; NEURONS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 77952304842     PISSN: 03036995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-211-92660-4_8     Document Type: Review

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