The lateral mesopontine tegmentum regulates both tonic and phasic activity of VTA dopamine neurons

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 110, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2287-2294

  Chen, Li ^a,b   Lodge, Daniel J ^a  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^b MEDICAL SCHOOL OF XI AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Afferent input; Burst firing; Dopamine; Extracellular recording; Mesopontine tegmentum

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; LATERAL MESOPONTINE TEGMENTUM; LATERODORSAL TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; MALE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; ROSTROMEDIAL TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SPIKE; TEGMENTUM; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AFFERENT INPUT; BURST FIRING; DOPAMINE; EXTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MESOPONTINE TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84887572537     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00307.2013     Document Type: Article

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