Effect of systemic ethanol on basal and stimulated glutamate releases in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving Sprague-Dawley rats: A microdialysis study

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-32

  Yan, Qing Shan ^a   Reith, Maarten E A ^a   Yan, Shue Ge ^a   Jobe, Phillip C ^a  

^a ILLINOIS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Glutamate; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; GLUTAMIC ACID; POTASSIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; DIALYSIS SOLUTIONS; ETHANOL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PERFUSION; POTASSIUM; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 0032509331     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00840-4     Document Type: Article

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