Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors containing the α6 subunit contribute to ethanol activation of ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neurons

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1194-1200

  Liu, Liwang ^a   Zhao Shea, Rubing ^a   McIntosh, J Michael ^b   Tapper, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alcoholism; Dopamine; Nicotinic receptor; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA CONOTOXIN MII; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84885607317     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2013.06.015     Document Type: Article

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