Low-dose amphetamine elevates movement-related firing of rat striatal neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 745, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 331-335

  West, Mark O ^a   Peoples, Laura L ^a   Michael, Andrew J ^b   Chapin, John K ^c   Woodward, Donald J ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Motor behavior; Psychomotor stimulant; Rat; Single unit recording; Striatum

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

EID: 0031025468     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(96)01215-2     Document Type: Article

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