The excitatory amino acid antagonist kynurenate induces pacemaker-like firing of dopamine neurons in rat ventral tegmental area in vivo

Acta Physiol Scand. 1988 Dec;134(4):567-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1998.tb08535.x.

Authors

J Grenhoff¹, C S Tung, T H Svensson

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.

PMID: 3250223
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.1998.tb08535.x

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Injections, Intraventricular
Kynurenic Acid / administration & dosage*
Male
Neurons / drug effects
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Receptors, Dopamine / drug effects*
Tegmentum Mesencephali / drug effects*

Substances

Receptors, Dopamine
Kynurenic Acid