Enhanced endocannabinoid-mediated modulation of rostromedial tegmental nucleus drive onto dopamine neurons in sardinian alcohol-preferring rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 12716-12724

  Melis, Miriam ^a   Sagheddu, Claudia ^a   Felice, Marta De ^a   Casti, Alberto ^a   Madeddu, Camilla ^a   Spiga, Saturnino ^a   Muntoni, Anna Lisa ^b   Mackie, Kenneth ^c   Marsicano, Giovanni ^d   Colombo, Giancarlo ^b   Castelli, Maria Paola ^a   Pistis, Marco ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUT FRANÇOIS MAGENDIE   (France)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Cannabinoid; Dopamine; Rostromedial tegmental nucleus; Synaptic plasticity; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ENDOCANNABINOID; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; 2-ARACHIDONYLGLYCEROL; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACYLGLYCEROL; ALCOHOL; ARACHIDONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; AVERSION; BRAIN REGION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRIVE; EX VIVO STUDY; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; REWARD; ROSTROMEDIAL TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; INBRED STRAIN; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT;

ALCOHOLISM; CANNABINOID; DOPAMINE; ROSTROMEDIAL TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; ENDOCANNABINOIDS; ETHANOL; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLYCERIDES; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PEDUNCULOPONTINE TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; RATS; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84907158705     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1844-14.2014     Document Type: Article

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