Structural correlates of heterogeneous in vivo activity of midbrain dopaminergic neurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 613-619

  Henny, Pablo ^a,b,c   Brown, Matthew T C ^a,e   Northrop, Augustus ^a   Faunes, MacArena ^b,c   Ungless, Mark A ^a,e,f   Magill, Peter J ^a,d   Bolam, J Paul ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^f HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CELL DENSITY; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; IN VIVO STUDY; INNERVATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEREOLOGY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS RETICULATA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; MESENCEPHALON; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84863393406     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3048     Document Type: Article

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