A dopamine-μ1 opioid link in the rat ventral tegmentum shared by palatable food (Fonzies) and non-psychostimulant drugs of abuse

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1179-1187

  Tanda, Gianluigi ^a   Di Chiara, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Feeding; Morphine; Nicotine; Nucleus accumbens; Opioids; Prefrontal cortex; Rats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; HALOPERIDOL; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONAZINE; NICOTINE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST; NICOTINIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; FOOD; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PALATABILITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ADDICTION; ANIMAL; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD PREFERENCE; HISTOLOGY; MICRODIALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0031595872     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00135.x     Document Type: Article

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