Drugs of abuse and stress impair LTP at inhibitory synapses in the ventral tegmental area

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-117

  Niehaus, Jason L ^a   Murali, Manjari ^a   Kauer, Julie A ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

addiction; GABA; patch clamp; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; MORPHINE; NICOTINE;

ACUTE STRESS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANIMALS; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MORPHINE; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; STREET DRUGS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 77954401633     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07256.x     Document Type: Article

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