The nicotinic receptor agonists (-)-nicotine and isoarecolone differ in their effects on dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 295, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 207-210

  Mirza, Naheed R ^a   Pei, Qi ^b   Stolerman, Ian P ^a   Zetterström, Tyra S C ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Isoarecolone; Microdialysis; Nicotine; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; ISOARECOLONE; KETANSERIN; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030047173     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2999(95)00749-0     Document Type: Article

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