VTA glutamatergic inputs to nucleus accumbens drive aversion by acting on GABAergic interneurons

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 725-733

  Qi, Jia ^a   Zhang, Shiliang ^a   Wang, Hui Ling ^a   Barker, David J ^a   Miranda Barrientos, Jorge ^a   Morales, Marisela ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AMPA RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; INTERNEURON; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GLUTAMIC ACID; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84961700381     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4281     Document Type: Article

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