Role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in regulating dopamine neuron activity

Neuroscience

Volumn 282, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-100

  Faure, P ^a   Tolu, S ^a   Valverde, S ^a   Naude J ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Dopamine; NAChRs; Nicotine; Substantia nigra; VTA

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA4; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA6; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ATTENTION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOTIVATION; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; BASAL AMYGDALA; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SPIKE WAVE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; NICOTINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84906077179     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.05.040     Document Type: Review

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