Functional evidence for a direct excitatory projection from the lateral habenula to the ventral tegmental area in the rat

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1161-1174

  Brown, P Leon ^a,b   Shepard, Paul D ^a,b  

^a MARYLAND PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain slice; Dopamine; Lateral habenula; Rostromedial tegmental nucleus; Tail of the ventral tegmental area; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR AGONIST; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN C FOS; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HABENULA; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALIENCE NETWORK; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HABENULA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROELECTRODES; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84986216627     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00305.2016     Document Type: Article

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