Ion Channels and Regulation of Dopamine Neuron Activity

Dopamine Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Liss, Birgit ^a   Roeper, Jochen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dopamine neurons; Electrical activity; Ion channels; Substantia nigra; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905052406     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373035.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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