GABAergic actions mediate opposite ethanol effects on dopaminergic neurons in the anterior and posterior ventral tegmental area

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 341, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-42

  Guan, Yanzhong ^a   Xiao, Cheng ^a   Krnjević, Kresimir ^b   Xie, Guiqin ^a   Zuo, Wanhong ^a   Ye, Jiang Hong ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPOSURE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MESENCEPHALON; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEURONAL FIRING; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; POSTERIOR VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ETHANOL; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84858639714     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: 15210103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.111.187963     Document Type: Article

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