Inhibition of basal and stress-induced dopamine release in the cerebral cortex and nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats by the neurosteroid allopregnanolone

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 266-272

  Motzo, C ^a   Porceddu, M L ^a   Maira, G ^a   Flore, G ^a   Concas, A ^a   Dazzi, L ^a   Biggio, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allopregnanolone; Cerebral cortex; Extracellular dopamine content; Nucleus accumbens; Stress anxiety

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; BENZODIAZEPINE; DOPAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; NEUROSTEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0030463626     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026988119601000402     Document Type: Article

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