The medial prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortices differentially regulate dopamine system function

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1227-1236

  Lodge, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

dopamine; orbitofrontal cortex; prefrontal cortex; VTA

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; DOPAMINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIDROMIC STIMULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTROMEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79954602238     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2011.7     Document Type: Article

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