Psychostimulant sensitization: Differential changes in accumbal shell and core dopamine

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 388, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-76

  Cadoni, Cristina ^a   Solinas, Marcello ^a   Di Chiara, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Cocaine; Nucleus accumbens core; Nucleus accumbens shell; Psychostimulants sensitization

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0033959329     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00824-9     Document Type: Article

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