The interpretation of the measurement of nucleus accumbens dopamine by in vivo dialysis: The kick, the craving or the cognition?

Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 527-541

  Joseph, Michael H ^a   Datla, Krishna ^a,b   Young, Andrew M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attention; Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Reinforcement; Reward

Indexed keywords

3 AMINO 1 HYDROXY 2 PYRROLIDINONE; DIZOCILPINE; DOPAMINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ILLICIT DRUG; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONDITIONING; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ERROR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD INTAKE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INNERVATION; LATENT INHIBITION; METHODOLOGY; MICRODIALYSIS; MONKEY; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; REWARD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYMPTOM; THEORY; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0242289314     PISSN: 01497634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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