The effects of intra-accumbens neurotensin on sensorimotor gating

Brain Research

Volumn 760, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 80-84

  Feifel, David ^a,b   Minor, Kelly L ^a   Dulawa, Stephanie ^a   Swerdlow, Neal R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Neurotensin; Nucleus accumbens; Prepulse inhibition; Sensorimotor gating

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; NEUROTENSIN;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LIMBIC CORTEX; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; STARTLE REFLEX;

ANIMALS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROTENSIN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 0030844614     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00306-5     Document Type: Article

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