Nicotine and ethanol cooperate to enhance ventral tegmental area AMPA receptor function via α6-containing nicotinic receptors

Neuropharmacology ◽

10.1016/j.neuropharm.2014.11.014 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 91 ◽

pp. 13-22 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Staci E. Engle ◽

J. Michael McIntosh ◽

Ryan M. Drenan

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Ampa Receptor ◽

Nicotinic Receptors ◽

Receptor Function ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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α4α6β2* Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Activation on Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neurons Is Sufficient to Stimulate a Depolarizing Conductance and Enhance Surface AMPA Receptor Function

Molecular Pharmacology ◽

10.1124/mol.113.087346 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 84 (3) ◽

pp. 393-406 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

Staci E. Engle ◽

Pei-Yu Shih ◽

J. Michael McIntosh ◽

Ryan M. Drenan

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor ◽

Ampa Receptor ◽

Receptor Activation ◽

Dopamine Neurons ◽

Receptor Function ◽

Nicotinic Acetylcholine ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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Role of the ventral tegmental area in methamphetamine extinction: AMPA receptor-mediated neuroplasticity

Learning & Memory ◽

10.1101/lm.037721.114 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 22 (3) ◽

pp. 149-158 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Han-Ting Chen ◽

Jin-Chung Chen

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Ampa Receptor ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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Nicotine Enhances the Excitability of Gaba Neurons in the Ventral Tegmental Area via Activation of Alpha 7 Nicotinic Receptors on Glutamate Terminals

Biochemistry & Pharmacology Open Access ◽

10.4172/2167-0501.s1-007 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol S (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Scott C Steffensen

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Nicotinic Receptors ◽

Gaba Neurons ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

Alpha 7

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Alcohol self-administration, anxiety, and cortisol levels predict changes in delta opioid receptor function in the ventral tegmental area.

Behavioral Neuroscience ◽

10.1037/a0029027 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 126 (4) ◽

pp. 515-522 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Jennifer M. Mitchell ◽

Elyssa B. Margolis ◽

Allison R. Coker ◽

Howard L. Fields

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Opioid Receptor ◽

Delta Opioid Receptor ◽

Receptor Function ◽

Self Administration ◽

Cortisol Levels ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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Nicotinic receptors in the ventral tegmental area promote uncertainty-seeking

Nature Neuroscience ◽

10.1038/nn.4223 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 471-478 ◽

Cited By ~ 26

Author(s):

Jérémie Naudé ◽

Stefania Tolu ◽

Malou Dongelmans ◽

Nicolas Torquet ◽

Sébastien Valverde ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Nicotinic Receptors ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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Epac Signaling Is Required for Cocaine-Induced Change in AMPA Receptor Subunit Composition in the Ventral Tegmental Area

Journal of Neuroscience ◽

10.1523/jneurosci.3186-15.2016 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 36 (17) ◽

pp. 4802-4815 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

X. Liu ◽

Y. Chen ◽

J. Tong ◽

A. M. Reynolds ◽

S. C. Proudfoot ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Ampa Receptor ◽

Subunit Composition ◽

Receptor Subunit ◽

Ampa Receptor Subunit ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

Epac Signaling

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Systemic nicotine-induced dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens is regulated by nicotinic receptors in the ventral tegmental area

Synapse ◽

10.1002/syn.890160105 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 36-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 343

Author(s):

Magnus Nisell ◽

George G. Nomikos ◽

Torgny H. Svensson

Keyword(s):

Nucleus Accumbens ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Nicotinic Receptors ◽

Dopamine Release ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

Rat Nucleus Accumbens

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α6 subunit-containing nicotinic receptors mediate low-dose ethanol effects on ventral tegmental area neurons and ethanol reward

Addiction Biology ◽

10.1111/adb.12559 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 1079-1093 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Scott C. Steffensen ◽

Samuel I. Shin ◽

Ashley C. Nelson ◽

Stephanie S. Pistorius ◽

Stephanie B. Williams ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Nicotinic Receptors ◽

Low Dose ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Region-specific changes in the subcellular distribution of AMPA receptor GluR1 subunit in the rat ventral tegmental area after acute or chronic morphine administration.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature ◽

10.3410/f.1123888.580987 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Eric Nestler

Keyword(s):

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Ampa Receptor ◽

Subcellular Distribution ◽

Chronic Morphine ◽

Morphine Administration ◽

Ventral Tegmental ◽

Glur1 Subunit

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Nicotine and food induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of the rat: Putative role of α7 nicotinic receptors in the ventral tegmental area

Neuroscience ◽

10.1016/s0306-4522(98)00114-6 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 85 (4) ◽

pp. 1005-1009 ◽

Cited By ~ 132

Author(s):

B. Schilström ◽

H.M. Svensson ◽

T.H. Svensson ◽

G.G. Nomikos

Keyword(s):

Nucleus Accumbens ◽

Ventral Tegmental Area ◽

Nicotinic Receptors ◽

Dopamine Release ◽

Putative Role ◽

Ventral Tegmental

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