Ethanol, like psychostimulants and morphine, causes long-lasting hyperreactivity of dopamine and acetylcholine neurons of rat nucleus accumbens: Possible role in behavioural sensitization

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-76

  Nestby, Patrizia ^a   Vanderschuren, Louk J M J ^a   De Vries, Taco J ^a   Hogenboom, François ^a   Wardeh, George ^a   Mulder, Arie H ^a   Schoffelmeer, Anton N M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Amphetamine; Behavioural sensitization; Dopamine; Ethanol; Morphine; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALCOHOL; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG EFFECT; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; MALE; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NARCOTICS; NEOSTRIATUM; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0030805338     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050373     Document Type: Article

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