Lateral/basolateral amygdala serotonin type-2 receptors modulate operant self-administration of a sweetened ethanol solution via inhibition of principal neuron activity

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  McCool, Brian A ^a   Christian, Daniel T ^a,b   Fetzer, Jonathan A ^a   Chappell, Ann M ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha methyl 5 hydroxytryptamine; Ketanserin; Microinjection; Population spike field excitatory postsynaptic potential; Sipper model; Whole cell patch clamp

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893413833     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2014.00005     Document Type: Article

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