In vitro identification and electrophysiological characterization of dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 431-436

  Zhang, Tao A ^a   Placzek, Andon N ^a   Dani, John A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic; Immunohistochemistry; Midbrain; Patch clamp recording; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CELL LABELING; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 77956933260     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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