Cocaine sensitization inhibits the hyperpolarization-activated cation current Ih and reduces cell size in dopamine neurons of the ventral tegmental area

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2271-2282

  Arencibia Albite, Francisco ^a   Vázquez, Rafael ^a   Velásquez Martinez, María C ^a,b   Jiménez Rivera, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Activation curve; Capacitance; HCN; Nonstationary fluctuation analysis

Indexed keywords

CATION CHANNEL; COCAINE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CELL SIZE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DENSITY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; INHIBITION KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; TIME; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; COCAINE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CATION CHANNELS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84859752571     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00818.2011     Document Type: Article

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