Balance between the proximal dendritic compartment and the soma determines spontaneous firing rate in midbrain dopamine neurons

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 592, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2829-2844

  Jang, Jinyoung ^a,b   Um, Ki Bum ^a   Jang, Miae ^a   Kim, Shin Hye ^b   Cho, Hana ^a,b   Chung, Sungkwon ^a,b   Kim, Hyun Jin ^a,b   Park, Myoung Kyu ^a,b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; TETRODOTOXIN; CALCIUM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUS FIRING RATE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITES; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; MESENCEPHALON; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84903604446     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.275032     Document Type: Article

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