Glutamatergic synaptic currents of nigral dopaminergic neurons follow a postnatal developmental sequence

The spontaneous activity pattern of adult dopaminergic (DA) neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNc) results from interactions between intrinsic membrane conductances and afferent inputs. In adult SNc DA neurons, low-frequency tonic background activity is generated by intrinsic pacemaker...

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Main Authors: Edouard ePearlstein, laurie-anne egouty-colomer, Francois J Michel, Robin eCloarec, Constance eHammond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2015.00210/full