Changes in the amygdala amino acid microdialysate after conditioning with a cue associated with ethanol

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 139, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 71-78

  Quertemont, Etienne ^a   De Neuville, Jessica ^a   De Witte, Philippe ^a  

^a Biologie du Comportement   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Conditioning; Ethanol; Glutamate; Microdialysis; Taurine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; TAURINE;

AMINO ACID BRAIN LEVEL; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ETHANOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TAURINE;

EID: 0031671198     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050691     Document Type: Article

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