Gamma-vinyl GABA attenuates cocaine-induced lowering of brain stimulation reward thresholds

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 383-388

  Kushner, Stephanie A ^a   Dewey, Stephen L ^b   Kornetsky, Conan ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; GABA transaminase inhibitor; Intracranial self stimulation (ICSS); Rat; Vigabatrin

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; 4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; COCAINE; VIGABATRIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; BRAIN; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REWARD; VIGABATRIN;

EID: 0030864303     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050418     Document Type: Article

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