The neurosteroid pregnenolone sulphate increases dopamine release and the dopaminergic response to morphine in the rat nucleus accumbens

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3757-3760

  Barrot, Michel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Microdialysis; Mood; Motivation; Reward; Steroid

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; INTRACEREBROVENTRICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICRODIALYSIS; MOOD; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; WELLBEING;

AFFECT; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MORPHINE; MOTIVATION; NARCOTICS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREGNENOLONE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REWARD;

EID: 0032872664     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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