An electrophysiological analysis of rat ventral tegmental dopamine neuronal activity during acute toluene exposure

Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 37-43

  Riegel, Arthur C ^a   French, Edward D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; TOLUENE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG ABUSE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0032967978     PISSN: 09019928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0773.1999.tb01061.x     Document Type: Article

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