In vivo amygdala dopamine levels modulate cocaine self-administration behaviour in the rat: D1 dopamine receptor involvement

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2541-2548

  Hurd, Y L ^a   McGregor, A ^a   Ponten M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cocaine self administration; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; Rat

Indexed keywords

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

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; LATENT PERIOD; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TRITIUM;

EID: 0031426527     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.1997.tb01683.x     Document Type: Article

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