Intermittent nicotine exposure upregulates nAChRs in VTA dopamine neurons and sensitises locomotor responding to the drug

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1004-1011

  Baker, Lorinda K ^a   Mao, Danyan ^a   Chi, Henry ^a   Govind, Anitha P ^a   Vallejo, Yolanda F ^a   Iacoviello, Michael ^a   Herrera, Stacy ^a   Cortright, James J ^a   Green, William N ^a   Mcgehee, Daniel S ^a   Vezina, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopaminergic neurons; GABAergic neurons; LTP; nAChR upregulation; Sensitisation; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM SENSITIZATION; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; LOCOMOTION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; UP-REGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84875356796     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12114     Document Type: Article

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