Ethanol Blocks the Reversal of Prolonged Dopamine Inhibition of Dopaminergic Neurons of the Ventral Tegmental Area

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1913-1921

  Nimitvilai, Sudarat ^a   Arora, Devinder S ^a   Mcelvain, Maureen A ^a   Brodie, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain Slices; D2 receptor; Desensitization; Electrophysiology; Protein Kinase C

Indexed keywords

12 (2 CYANOETHYL) 6,7,12,13 TETRAHYDRO 13 METHYL 5 OXOINDOLO[2,3 A]PYRROLO[3,4 C]CARBAZOLE; ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN KINASE C ACTIVATOR; QUINPIROLE; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; NEURAL INHIBITION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84868190916     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2012.01814.x     Document Type: Article

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