Melatonin receptor activation increases glutamatergic synaptic transmission in the rat medial lateral habenula

Synapse

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 181-186

  Evely, Katherine M ^a,b   Hudson, Randall L ^a   Dubocovich, Margarita L ^a   Haj dahmane, Samir ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

EPSC; Glutamate synapse; Habenula; Melatonin; Melatonin receptor

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; LUZINDOLE; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; TRYPTAMINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HABENULA; MALE; MEDIAL LATERAL HABENULA; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WHOLE CELL PATCH CLAMP; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; GLUTAMIC ACID; HABENULA; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SYNAPSES; TRYPTAMINES;

EID: 84961202813     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.21892     Document Type: Article

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