Heterogeneous composition of dopamine neurons of the rat A10 region: Molecular evidence for diverse signaling properties

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1159-1176

  Li, Xueping ^a,b   Qi, Jia ^a   Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Wang, Hui Ling ^a   Morales, Marisela ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b XI'AN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Corelease of dopamine and glutamate; Reward; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area; VGluT2

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICRODISSECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

RATTUS;

ANIMALS; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84883185257     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-012-0452-z     Document Type: Article

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