The mechanism of ethanol action on midbrain dopaminergic neuron firing: A dynamic-clamp study of the role of I h and GABAergic synaptic integration

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1901-1922

  Tateno, Takashi ^a   Robinson, Hugh P C ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational model; Conductance injection; Patch clamp recording; Phasic burst firing

Indexed keywords

4 (N ETHYL N PHENYLAMINO) 1,2 DIMETHYL 6 (METHYLAMINO)PYRIMIDINIUM CHLORIDE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; CELL KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ETHANOL; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; PYRIMIDINES; RATS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 80054045585     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00162.2011     Document Type: Article

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