Orexin/hypocretin modulates response of ventral tegmental dopamine neurons to prefrontal activation: Diurnal influences

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 46, 2010, Pages 15585-15599

  Moorman, David E ^a   Aston Jones, Gary ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; OREXIN; OREXIN 1 RECEPTOR; OREXIN A;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EVOKED RESPONSE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DOPAMINE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 78449260551     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2871-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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