Ethanol self-administration restores withdrawal-associated deficiencies in accumbal dopamine and 5-hydroxytryptamine release in dependent rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3474-3485

  Weiss, Friedbert ^a   Parsons, Loren H ^a   Schulteis, Gery ^a   Hyytiä, Petri ^a   Lorang, Marge T ^a   Bloom, Floyd E ^a   Koob, George F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HT; dependence; dopamine; ethanol; microdialysis; nucleus accumbens; reinforcement; self administration; withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; SEROTONIN;

ADAPTATION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FOREBRAIN; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SEROTONIN RELEASE;

EID: 0029990389     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-10-03474.1996     Document Type: Article

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