The antero-posterior heterogeneity of the ventral tegmental area

Neuroscience

Volumn 282, Issue , 2014, Pages 198-216

  Sanchez Catalan, M J ^a,b   Kaufling, J ^a,c   Georges, F ^a,c   Veinante, P ^a,b   Barrot, M ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Behavior; Dopamine; Drugs of abuse; TVTA; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETALDEHYDE; ALCOHOL; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DRONABINOL; MORPHINE; NICOTINE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA; SALSOLINOL; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

AFFECT; ANXIETY; AVERSION; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; BRAIN REGION; CELL TYPE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONNECTOME; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LOCOMOTION; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PLACE PREFERENCE; POSTERIOR TEGMENTAL AREA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; REWARD; ROSTROMEDIAL TEGMENTAL NUCLEUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TAIL OF THE VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; TEGMENTUM; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84907938556     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.09.025     Document Type: Review

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