Acetylcholine receptors containing the β2 subunit are involved in the reinforcing properties of nicotine

Nature

Volumn 391, Issue 6663, 1998, Pages 173-177

  Picciotto, Marina R ^a,d   Zoli, Michele ^a,e   Rimondini, Roberto ^b   Léna, Clément ^a   Marubio, Lisa M ^a   Pich, Emilio Merlo ^c   Fuxe, Kjell ^b   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; NICOTINE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SMOKING;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NICOTINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0032495515     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/34413     Document Type: Article

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