In Press: Brain Research Accepted 6/89 Ethanol Increases the Firing Rate of Dopamine Neurons of the Rat Ventral Tegmental Area In Vitro Mark S. Brodie 1 • 2 , Sarah A. Shefner 2 and Thomas V. Dunwiddie 3 1- Neuroscience Research D-47W, APl0 Abbott Laboratories Abbott Park, IL 60064 2- Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics University of Illinois College of Medicine 901 S. Wolcott St. Chicago, Illinois 60648 3- Dept. of Pharmacology C-236 University of Colorado Health Sciences Center 4200 E. Ninth Ave. Denver, CO 80262 Correspondence and Proofs should be sent to: Mark S. Brodie, Ph.D. Neuroscience Research D-47W, APl0 Abbott Laboratories Abbott Park, IL 60064