Suppression of ethanol-reinforced behavior by naltrexone is associated with attenuation of the ethanol-induced increase in dialysate dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 10663-10671

  Gonzales, Rueben A ^a,b   Weiss, Friedbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol; Microdialysis; Naltrexone; Nucleus accumbens; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; NALTREXONE; SACCHARIN;

ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSATE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032535299     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-24-10663.1998     Document Type: Article

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