Dopamine attenuates evoked inhibitory synaptic currents in central amygdala neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1836-1842

  Naylor, Jennifer C ^a,b   Li, Qiang ^a,b,c   Kang Park, Maeng hee ^a,b   Wilson, Wilkie A ^a,b,c   Kuhn, Cynthia ^a   Moore, Scott D ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Education and Clinical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; GABA; Inhibition; Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ETICLOPRIDE; QUINPIROLE; SKF 39393; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; MALE; MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BENZAZEPINES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; SALICYLAMIDES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78649694788     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07457.x     Document Type: Article

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