Exposure of nicotine to ventral tegmental area slices induces glutamatergic synaptic plasticity on dopamine neurons

Synapse

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 332-338

  Jin, Yu ^a,b   Yang, Kechun ^b   Wang, Hong ^a   Wu, Jie ^b  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine neuron; Glutamatergic synaptic plasticity; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Patch clamp; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHYLLYCACONITINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR ALPHA7; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXPOSURE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SMOKING; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79251586547     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20850     Document Type: Article

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