Dopamine excites nucleus accumbens neurons through the differential modulation of glutamate and GABA release.
Hjelmstad
Gregory O
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Department of Neurology, Wheeler Center for the Neurobiology of Addiction and the Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center, University of California San Francisco, Emeryville, California 94608, USA. gregh@egcrc.net
D000200:Action Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D001552:Benzazepines / Q000494:pharmacology; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D004298:Dopamine / Q000502:physiology*; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D019706:Excitatory Postsynaptic Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008297:Male; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009433:Neural Inhibition / Q000502:physiology; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013469:Sulpiride / Q000494:pharmacology; D013569:Synapses / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology
D001552:Benzazepines; D018492:Dopamine Antagonists; D018698:Glutamic Acid; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid; D013469:Sulpiride; D002118:Calcium; D004298:Dopamine