GABA(A) receptor blockade in the anterior ventral tegmental area increases extracellular levels of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens of rats

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 137-143

  Ikemoto, Satoshi ^a,b   Kohl, Robert R ^a   McBride, William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; GABA(A) receptors; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; DOPAMINE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030949723     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69010137.x     Document Type: Article

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