Putative Γ-aminobutyric acid neurons in the ventral tegmental area have a similar pattern of plasticity as dopamine neurons during appetitive and aversive learning

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1564-1572

  Kim, Yun Bok ^a   Matthews, Marguerite ^a   Moghaddam, Bita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Freely moving rat; Memory; Reward; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOPAMINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 78149249642     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07371.x     Document Type: Article

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