GABAergic transmission modulates ethanol excitation of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons

Neuroscience

Volumn 172, Issue , 2011, Pages 94-103

  Theile, J W ^a,b   Morikawa, H ^a,b   Gonzales, R A ^a   Morrisett, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Electrophysiology; Inhibitory synaptic transmission; Mesolimbic; Reward

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MALE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 78650724583     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2010.10.046     Document Type: Article

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