Injection of SCH 23390, but not 7-hydroxy-DPAT, into the ventral tegmental area blocks the acute motor-stimulant response to cocaine

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-64

  Steketee, J D ^a   Braswell, B C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; D1 receptors; D2 3 receptors; Dopamine; Motor activity; Rat; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 7 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; HISTOLOGY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0030996947     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008877-199702000-00006     Document Type: Article

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