Voluntary ethanol intake in the rat and the associated accumbal dopamine overflow are blocked by ventral tegmental mecamylamine

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 358, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 189-196

  Ericson, Mia ^a   Blomqvist, Ola ^a   Engel, Jörgen A ^a   Söderpalm, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol; Microdialysis; Nicotinic receptor; Positive reinforcement; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRACEREBRAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MICRODIALYSIS; NICOTINIC ANTAGONISTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0032500881     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(98)00602-5     Document Type: Article

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