Cre-driven optogenetics in the heterogeneous genetic panorama of the VTA

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 375-386

  Pupe, Stéfano ^a,b   Wallén Mackenzie, Åsa ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aversion; Dopamine; GABA; Glutamate; Reward; Transgenics; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; INTEGRASE;

CELL POPULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TARGETING; REVIEW; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84942989538     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2015.04.005     Document Type: Review

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