Synergistic elevations in nucleus accumbens extracellular dopamine concentrations during self-administration of cocaine/heroin combinations (speedball) in rats

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 274-280

  Hemby, Scott E ^a,b   Co, Conchita ^a   Dworkin, Steven I ^a   Smith, James E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; DOPAMINE; OPIATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG SYNERGISM; EUPHORIA; HEROIN; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NARCOTICS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032955121     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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