A single exposure to amphetamine is sufficient to induce long-term behavioral, neuroendocrine, and neurochemical sensitization in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 9579-9586

  Vanderschuren, Louk J M J ^a   Donne Schmidt E ^a   De Vries, Taco J ^a   Van Moorsel, Caroline A P ^a   Tilders, Fred J H ^a   Schoffelmeer, Anton N M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine release; Amphetamine; Caudate putamen; Dopamine release; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Locomotor sensitization; Medial prefrontal cortex; Nucleus accumbens

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RAT;

EID: 0342700255     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.19-21-09579.1999     Document Type: Article

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