Norepinephrine microinjections in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus increase extracellular dopamine and decrease acetylcholine in the nucleus accumbens: Relevance to feeding reinforcement

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 667-674

  Hajnal, András ^a   Mark, Gregory P ^a,c   Rada, Pedro V ^a,d   Lénárd, László ^a,b   Hoebel, Bartley G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dopamine; Feeding; Hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus; Microdialysis; Norepinephrine; Nucleus accumbens; Rat

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

EID: 0031013108     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.68020667.x     Document Type: Article

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