Blockade of glutamate reuptake in the rat nucleus accumbens increases locomotor activity

Brain Research

Volumn 819, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 165-169

  Kim, Jeong Hoon ^a   Vezina, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Excitatory amino acid; Glutamate reuptake blocker; L PDC; Locomotor activity; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

2,4 PYRROLIDINEDICARBOXYLIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITORS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PYRROLIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033585836     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01353-5     Document Type: Article

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