VTA dopamine neuron activity distinguishes alcohol-preferring (P) rats from Wistar rats

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 854-857

  Morzorati, Sandra L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol preferring (P) rats; Burst firing; VTA DA neurons

Indexed keywords

ACTION POTENTIAL; ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; FOREBRAIN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031866778     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1998.tb03879.x     Document Type: Article

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