Repeated administration of methamphetamine causes hypersensitivity of D2 receptor in rat ventral tegmental area

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 347, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-92

  Amano, Taku ^a   Matsubayashi, Hiroaki ^a   Seki, Takahiro ^a   Sasa, Masashi ^a   Sakai, Norio ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Dopamine receptor; Methamphetamine; Patch clamp; Reverse tolerance; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; 3,4,4A,10B TETRAHYDRO 4 PROPYL 2H,5H [1]BENZOPYRANO[4,3 B][1,4]OXAZIN 9 OL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE; TALIPEXOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPERSENSITIVITY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0037965158     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00673-6     Document Type: Article

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