Rewarding effects of optical stimulation of ventral tegmental area glutamatergic neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 48, 2015, Pages 15948-15954

  Wang, Hui Ling ^a   Qi, Jia ^a   Zhang, Shiliang ^a   Wang, Huikun ^a   Morales, Marisela ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Aversion; Dopamine; Reward; VGluT2; VTA

Indexed keywords

DIZOCILPINE; RHODOPSIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHANNELRHODOPSIN 2, MOUSE; CHOLERA TOXIN; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME PLACE CONDITIONING TEST; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENETICS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; ANIMALS; CHOLERA TOXIN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DIZOCILPINE MALEATE; DOPAMINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMATES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REWARD; RHODOPSIN; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SYNAPSES; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 84949425850     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3428-15.2015     Document Type: Article

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