On the properties of identified dopaminergic neurons in the mouse substantia nigra and ventral tegmental area

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 92-105

  Krashia, Paraskevi ^a,b   Martini, Alessandro ^a,b   Nobili, Annalisa ^a,c   Aversa, Daniela ^a,b   D'Amelio, Marcello ^a,c   Berretta, Nicola ^a   Guatteo, Ezia ^a,d   Mercuri, Nicola Biagio ^a,b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

Author keywords

dopamine transporter; Ih current; midbrain; monoamine oxidase; tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); COCAINE; DOPAMINE; ENKEPHALIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; METHIONINE; PARGYLINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MESENCEPHALON; MICE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84987597417     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13364     Document Type: Article

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