Modulation of excitatory transmission onto midbrain dopaminergic neurons of the rat by activation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors.
Valenti
Ornella
O
Merck Co. Inc., Neuroscience Department, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, USA. ornella_valenti@merck.com
Marino
Michael J
MJ
Conn
P Jeffrey
PJ
D000818:Animals; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D018846:Excitatory Amino Acids / Q000502:physiology*; D008636:Mesencephalon / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents / Q000502:physiology*; D018408:Patch-Clamp Techniques; D051381:Rats; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / Q000819:agonists*; D013378:Substantia Nigra / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission / Q000502:physiology*
D018690:Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists; D018846:Excitatory Amino Acids; D018377:Neurotransmitter Agents; D018094:Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate; C108822:metabotropic glutamate receptor 2; C102718:metabotropic glutamate receptor 3; D004298:Dopamine