The mediodorsal nucleus of the thalamus in rats - II. Behavioral and neurochemical effects of GABA agonists

Neuroscience

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-112

  Churchill, L ^a   Zahm, D S ^b   Duffy, P ^a   Kalivas, P W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine tone; Locomotion; Mesocorticolimbic transmission; Mesolimbic locomotion circuit; Nucleus accumbens; Prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYSACLOFEN; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMAL; BACLOFEN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THALAMUS;

EID: 0029655401     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(95)00352-J     Document Type: Article

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