Injection of SCH 23390 into the ventral tegmental area blocks the development of neurochemical but not behavioral sensitization to cocaine

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-76

  Steketee, J D ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dopamine; In vivo microdialysis; Motor activity; Nucleus accumbens; Rat; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG SENSITIZATION; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SENSITIZATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0031933502     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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