Conditioned changes in dopamine oxidation currents in the nucleus accumbens of rats by stimuli paired with self-administration or yoked-administration of d-amphetamine

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1121-1127

  Di Ciano, Patricia ^a   Blaha, Charles D ^a   Phillips, Anthony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chronoamperometry; Drug addiction; Psychostimulants; Self administration

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

AMPEROMETRY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIGHT; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0031903762     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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