Initial increases in extracellular dopamine in the ventral tegmental area provide a mechanism for the development of desipramine-induced sensitization within the midbrain dopamine system

Synapse

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 258-264

  Stewart, Jane ^a   Rajabi, Heshmat ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Antidepressant; Imipramine like drugs; Rats

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG SENSITIZATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, TRICYCLIC; BASAL METABOLISM; DENDRITES; DESIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0029833840     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199608)23:4<258::AID-SYN3>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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