Mefloquine effects on ventral tegmental area dopamine and GABA neuron inhibition: A physiologic role for connexin-36 GAP junctions

Synapse

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 804-813

  Allison, David W ^a   Wilcox, Rebecca S ^a   Ellefsen, Kyle L ^a   Askew, Caitlin E ^a   Hansen, David M ^a   Wilcox, Jeffrey D ^a   Sandoval, Stephanie S ^a   Eggett, Dennis L ^a   Yanagawa, Yuchio ^a   Steffensen, Scott C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbenoxolone; Cx36; Interneuron; IPSC; Malaria; Midbrain; Mouse; VTA

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CARBENOXOLONE; CONNEXIN 36; MEFLOQUINE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAP JUNCTION; INTERNEURON; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REWARD; SPIKE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; CONNEXINS; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MEFLOQUINE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79957846798     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.20907     Document Type: Article

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