Modulation of excitatory transmission onto midbrain dopaminergic neurons of the rat by activation of group III metabotropic glutamate receptors

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003 Nov:1003:479-80. doi: 10.1196/annals.1300.058.

Authors

Ornella Valenti¹, Michael J Marino, P Jeffrey Conn

Affiliation

¹ Merck Co. Inc., Neuroscience Department, West Point, Pennsylvania 19486, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 14684494
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1300.058

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Dopamine / physiology*
Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists / pharmacology
Excitatory Amino Acids / physiology*
Mesencephalon / cytology
Mesencephalon / drug effects
Mesencephalon / physiology*
Neurons / physiology*
Neurotransmitter Agents / physiology*
Patch-Clamp Techniques
Rats
Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate / agonists*
Substantia Nigra / cytology
Substantia Nigra / drug effects
Substantia Nigra / physiology
Synaptic Transmission / physiology*

Substances

Excitatory Amino Acid Agonists
Excitatory Amino Acids
Neurotransmitter Agents
Receptors, Metabotropic Glutamate
metabotropic glutamate receptor 2
metabotropic glutamate receptor 3
Dopamine