Self-infusion of GABA(A) antagonists directly into the ventral tegmental area and adjacent regions

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 369-380

  Ikemoto, Satoshi ^c   Murphy, James M ^a   McBride, William J ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; MUSCIMOL; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; MOTIVATION; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SELF STIMULATION; TEGMENTUM MESENCEPHALI;

EID: 0030973582     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.2.369     Document Type: Article

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