The influence of nicotine pretreatment on mesoaccumbens dopamine overflow and locomotor responses to D-amphetamine

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 142-149

  Birrell, Claire E ^a,b   Balfour, David J K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b ML Laboratories ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cocaine; D Amphetamine; Locomotor activity; Mesoaccumbens dopamine; Nicotine; Sensitisation

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SENSITIZATION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NICOTINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0031765904     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050751     Document Type: Article

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