Ethanol elevates accumbal dopamine levels via indirect activation of ventral tegmental nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 467, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 85-93

  Ericson, Mia ^a   Molander, Anna ^a   Löf, Elin ^a   Engel, Jörgen A ^a   Söderpalm, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

(Rat); Dopamine; Ethanol; Mesolimbic; Microdialysis; Nicotine; Nicotinic receptor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; VESAMICOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0037466294     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(03)01564-4     Document Type: Article

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