The Effects of Zinc and Other Divalent Cations on M-Current in Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=52283#.VI-Lu8nQrzE Author(s) Susumu Koyama 1,2* , Munechika Enjoji 2 , Mark S. Brodie 1 , Sarah B. Appel 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, USA . 1 Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Medicine, Chicago, USA . 2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan . ABSTRACT Ventral tegmental area dopamine (DA VTA) neurons are important for the reinforcing effects of drugs of abuse such as ethanol and nicotine. We have previous...