Multiplexed neurochemical signaling by neurons of the ventral tegmental area

Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-42

  Barker, David J ^a   Root, David H ^a   Zhang, Shiliang ^a   Morales, Marisela ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Aversion; Co transmission; Depression; Dopamine; GABA; Glutamate; Reward

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AROMATIC DECARBOXYLASE; CARBOXYLYASE; DOPAMINE; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; GLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 3; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ENTOPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUTAMATERGIC TRANSMISSION; HABENULA; HUMAN; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERPEDUNCULAR NUCLEUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MESENCEPHALON; MULTIPLEXED NEUROTRANSMISSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHENOTYPE; PONS; POTENTIOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THALAMUS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; CYTOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; NERVE CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HABENULA; HUMANS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84955441759     PISSN: 08910618     EISSN: 18736300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jchemneu.2015.12.016     Document Type: Article

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