Sodium depletion and aldosterone decrease dopamine transporter activity in nucleus accumbens but not striatum

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 276, Issue 5 45-5, 1999, Pages

  Roitman, Mitchell F ^a   Patterson, Terrell A ^b   Sakai, Randall R ^c   Bernstein, Ilene L ^a   Figlewicz, Dianne P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivation; Rat; Reward; Sodium appetite

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SODIUM INTAKE;

EID: 0033007123     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.1999.276.5.r1339     Document Type: Article

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