Medial prefrontal cortex inversely regulates toluene-induced changes in markers of synaptic plasticity of mesolimbic dopamine neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 804-813

  Beckley, Jacob T ^a   Evins, Caitlin E ^a   Fedarovich, Hleb ^a   Gilstrap, Meghin J ^a   Woodward, John J ^a  

^a MUSC Center for Drug and Alcohol Programs   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SYNAPSES; TOLUENE; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84872090275     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3729-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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