Dopamine output in the nucleus accumbens shell is related to the acquisition and the retention of a motivated appetitive behavior in rats

Brain Research

Volumn 903, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 102-109

  Masi, Flavio ^a   Scheggi, Simona ^a   Mangiavacchi, Simona ^a   Tolu, Pierluigi ^a   Tagliamonte, Alessandro ^a   Graziella De Montis, Maria ^b   Gambarana, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anhedonia; Avoidance deficit; Chronic stress; Dopamine; Motivated behavior; Nucleus accumbens shell

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MAZE TEST; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STRESS;

EID: 0035827073     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02442-8     Document Type: Article

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