Supraadditive effect of d-fenfluramine plus phentermine on extracellular acetylcholine in the nucleus accumbens: Possible mechanism for inhibition of excessive feeding and drug abuse

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 369-373

  Rada, Pedro V ^a,b   Hoebel, Bartley G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Accumbens; Acetylcholine; Appetite; Craving; Drug abuse; Feeding; Fenfluramine; Microdialysis; Phentermine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; DEXFENFLURAMINE; DOPAMINE; PHENTERMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEEDING DISORDER; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SATIETY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; APPETITE DEPRESSANTS; DOPAMINE; DRUG SYNERGISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FENFLURAMINE; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHENTERMINE; RATS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0033964140     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(99)00219-1     Document Type: Article

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