Article Information
- Received September 7, 2008
- Revision received October 5, 2008
- Accepted October 6, 2008
- First published November 19, 2008.
- Version of record published November 19, 2008.
Author Information
- Xin-Ming Ma*,
- Drew D. Kiraly*,
- Eric D. Gaier,
- Yanping Wang,
- Eun-Ji Kim,
- Eric S. Levine,
- Betty A. Eipper, and
- Richard E. Mains
- Correspondence should be addressed to Richard E. Mains, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3401. mains{at}uchc.edu
Author contributions
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↵*X.-M.M. and D.D.K. contributed equally to this work.
Disclosures
- Received September 7, 2008.
- Revision received October 5, 2008.
- Accepted October 6, 2008.
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This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants R01-DA15464 (B.A.E.), R21-18274 (R.E.M.), R01-DA16791 (E.S.L.), and T32-NS41224 (D.D.K., E.D.G.). We thank Darlene D'Amato for making the Neuropeptide Laboratory run. We especially thank Dr. Srdjan Antic, who gave generously of his time and talents in getting the electrophysiological studies going, and Dr. Fouad Lemtiri-Chlieh, who participated in exploratory electrophysiological studies. We especially thank Dr. Caiying Guo of the University of Connecticut Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility for enormous help in constructing these mouse lines, and Maya Yankova of the University of Connecticut EM Facility for beautiful electron micrographs.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Richard E. Mains, Department of Neuroscience, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3401. mains{at}uchc.edu
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