Phorbol ester reduces ethanol excitation of dopaminergic neurons of the ventral tegmental area: Involvement of protein kinase C theta

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 1 DEC, 2013, Pages

  Nimitvilai, Sudarat ^a   Arora, Devinder S ^b   You, Chang ^c   McElvain, Maureen ^c   Brodie, Mark S ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brain slices; Dopamine; Electrophysiology; Ethanol; PKC theta; Protein kinase C; Reward

Indexed keywords

12 (2 CYANOETHYL) 6,7,12,13 TETRAHYDRO 13 METHYL 5 OXOINDOLO[2,3 A]PYRROLO[3,4 C]CARBAZOLE; 2 [1 (3 DIMETHYLAMINOPROPYL) 5 METHOXY 1H INDOL 3 YL] 3 (1H INDOL 3 YL)MALEIMIDE; ALCOHOL; CALCIUM ION; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; PLACEBO; PROTEIN KINASE C DELTA; PROTEIN KINASE C THETA;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 84891540830     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2013.00096     Document Type: Article

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