Activation of alpha1-adrenoceptors enhances glutamate release onto ventral tegmental area dopamine cells

Neuroscience

Volumn 216, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-30

  Velasquez Martinez M C ^a,b   Vazquez Torres R ^a   Jimenez Rivera C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Alpha1 adrenoreceptors; Dopamine neurons; Glutamate release; Norepinephrine; Patch clamp; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CALCIUM ION; CHELERYTHRINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHOXAMINE; PHENYLEPHRINE; PRAZOSIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; TETRODOTOXIN; THAPSIGARGIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXTRACELLULAR CALCIUM; GLUTAMIC ACID RELEASE; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, ADRENERGIC, ALPHA-1; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84862000190     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.03.056     Document Type: Article

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