Involvement of dopamine D2 autoreceptors in the ventral tegmental area on alcohol and saccharin intake of the alcohol-preferring P rat

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 476-483

  Nowak, K L ^a   McBride, W J ^a   Lumeng, L ^b   Li, T K ^a   Murphy, James M ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Drinking; D2 Receptors; Dopamine; Microinjections; Ventral Tegmental Area

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AUTORECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; QUINPIROLE; SACCHARIN; SULPIRIDE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; SWEETENING AGENT;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SACCHARIN; SWEETENING AGENTS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0033625173     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2000.tb02014.x     Document Type: Article

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