Salsolinol modulation of dopamine neurons

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Xie, Guiqin ^a,b   Ye, Jiang Hong ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 2 (3 CARBOXYPROPYL) 6 (4 METHOXYPHENYL)PYRIDAZINIUM BROMIDE; 8 BROMO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL; BETA FUNALTREXAMINE; BICUCULLINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALTREXONE; SALSOLINOL; TETRODOTOXIN;

BRAIN REGION; CELL MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG MECHANISM; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVIEW; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84877286370     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2013.00052     Document Type: Review

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