… The molecular mechanisms underlying this synaptic process are still poorly understood.
Certainly, the functional recruitment of dendritic potassium channels by DA, or by quinpirole, is …

… We hypothesize that the modulation of ongoing synaptic activity by eCBs will impact the
firing activity of VTA dopamine neurons to thereby alter behavioral output. Future work will seek …

… the synaptic mechanisms thought to regulate the activity of ventral tegmental dopamine
neurons. … responsiveness of midbrain dopamine neurons and the alterations produced in these …

… of the cellular and synaptic organization of dopamine neurons, particularly … areas projecting
to dopamine neurons, might be partially caused by an associative synaptic plasticity process …

… In the first study, immunoperoxidase labeling of 5-HT in the ventral tegmental area was …
labeled neurons contained black punctate granules within their perikarya and proximal processes…

… dopamine-synthetic enzyme tyrosine hydroxylase and for glutamate; we found that most
dopamine neurons … assured that all the processes arise from a single neuron, indicate that DA …

… mainly in TH positive processes (yellow). In the enlarged view of the boxed area from this
panel … others for TH only (green) along the same processes. In B, the upper panels illustrate the …

… This low incidence suggests that only a flaction of 5-HT varicosities apposed to TH-immunoreactive
processes is in synaptic contact with them. If they all were, the occurrence of synaptic …

… to play an important role in cognitive processes. Using a recently developed monoclonal …
ably formed part of a synaptic complex in which the dendritic spine of a pyramidal neuron was …

… Although the roles of dopaminergic signaling in … of dopaminergic neurons is dynamically
regulated under different conditions in a constantly changing environment. Dopamine neurons …