Effect of ethanol on extracellular dopamine in nucleus accumbens: Comparison between Lewis and Fischer 344 rat strains

Brain Research

Volumn 706, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 194-198

  Mocsary, Zoltan ^a   Bradberry, Charles W ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol; Fischer 344 rat; Lewis rat; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; Strain difference

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030029268     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(95)01200-1     Document Type: Article

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