Locally application of amphetamine into the ventral tegmental area enhances dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens and the medial prefrontal cortex through noradrenergic neurotransmission

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 278, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 725-731

  Pan, Wynn H T ^a   Sung, Jen Chieh ^a   Fuh, Steve M R ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ALPRENOLOL; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; PHENTOLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030425698     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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