Dependence of mesolimbic dopamine transmission on Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 376, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 23-26

  Tanda, Gianluigi ^a   Loddo, Patrizio ^a   Di Chiara, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

9 Tetrahydrocannabinol; Dopamine; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; Rat; SR141716A

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DRONABINOL; RIMONABANT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CANNABINOIDS; DOPAMINE; HALLUCINOGENS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PIPERIDINES; PYRAZOLES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CANNABINOID; RECEPTORS, DRUG; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

EID: 0032988722     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00384-2     Document Type: Article

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