Injections of D-amphetamine into the ventral pallidum increase locomotor activity and responding for conditioned reward: A comparison with injections into the nucleus accumbens

Brain Research

Volumn 805, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 29-40

  Fletcher, P J ^a,b   Korth, K M ^a   Sabijan, M S ^a   Desousa, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditioned reward; Dopamine; GABA; Locomotor activity; Nucleus accumbens; Ventral pallidum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; PICROTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PICROTOXIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD;

EID: 0032517168     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)00633-7     Document Type: Article

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