Effects of (-)-ephedrine on locomotion, feeding, and nucleus accumbens dopamine in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 133-140

  Wellman, Paul J ^a   Miller, Dennis K ^a   Livermore, Christina L ^a   Green, Thomas A ^a   McMahon, Lance R ^a   Nation, Jack R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Area under the curve; Dopamine; Feeding; Locomotion; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; EPHEDRINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; FEEDING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; EPHEDRINE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYMPATHOMIMETICS;

EID: 0031973561     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050494     Document Type: Article

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