Methamphetamine stimulates the release of neuropeptide Y and noradrenaline from the paraventricular nucleus in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 707, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 119-121

  Yoshihara, Toshihiro ^a,b   Honma, Sato ^a   Mitome, Masato ^a,b   Honma, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Methamphetamine; Neuropeptide Y; Noradrenaline; Paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0030024466     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01343-1     Document Type: Article

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