Distinct cellular properties of identified dopaminergic and GABAergic neurons in the mouse ventral tegmental area

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 589, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 3775-3787

  Chieng, Billy ^a   Azriel, Yael ^a   Mohammadi, Sarasa ^a   Christie, Macdonald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; DOPAMINE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE TECHNOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENKEPHALIN, ALA(2)-MEPHE(4)-GLY(5)-; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSINE; MALE; MICE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 79960784151     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2011.210807     Document Type: Article

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