Ghrelin modulates the activity and synaptic input organization of midbrain dopamine neurons while promoting appetite.

Abizaid, Alfonso

Ghrelin modulates the activity and synaptic input organization of midbrain dopamine neurons while promoting appetite. [electronic resource] - The Journal of clinical investigation Dec 2006 - 3229-39 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0021-9738

10.1172/JCI29867 doi


Action Potentials--drug effects
Animals
Appetite--drug effects
Dopamine--metabolism
Fluorescent Antibody Technique--methods
Ghrelin
Male
Mesencephalon--cytology
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Mice, Knockout
Neurons--drug effects
Nucleus Accumbens--cytology
Patch-Clamp Techniques
Peptide Hormones--metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled--metabolism
Receptors, Ghrelin
Time Factors
Ventral Tegmental Area--cytology