Self-stimulation of lateral hypothalamus and ventral tegmentum increases the levels of noradrenaline, dopamine, glutamate, and AChE activity, but not 5-hydroxytryptamine and GABA levels in hippocampus and motor cortex

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1053-1059

  Shankaranarayana Rao, B S ^a   Raju, T R ^a   Meti, B L ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

AChE activity; Biogenic amines; GABA; Glutamate; Hippocampus; Motor cortex; Self stimulation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SELF STIMULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUTAMIC ACID; HYPOTHALAMIC AREA, LATERAL; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SELF STIMULATION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0344203318     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020703901794     Document Type: Article

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