Effects of sufentanil on the release and metabolism of dopamine and ascorbic acid and glutamate release in the striatum of freely moving rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 344, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-12

  Serra, Pier Andrea ^a   Susini, Giuseppe ^a   Rocchitta, Gaia ^a   Migheli, Rossana ^a   Dessanti, Giuseppina ^a   Miele, Egidio ^a   Desole, Maria Speranza ^a   Miele, Maddalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Dopamine; Freely moving rats; Glutamate release; Metabolism; Release; Striatum; Sufentanil

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ASCORBIC ACID; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; NALOXONE; SUFENTANIL; URIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIALYSATE LEVEL; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSAGE FORM; DRUG EFFECT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0038359308     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00395-1     Document Type: Article

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