Motor activation by amphetamine infusion into nucleus accumbens core and shell subregions of rats differentially sensitive to dopaminergic drugs

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-165

  West, Charles H K ^a,b   Boss Williams, Katherine A ^a   Weiss, Jay M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Georgia Mental Health Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Depression; Locomotor activity; Midbrain dopamine; Nucleus accumbens core and shell; Selective breeding; SwHi SwLo rats; Swim test

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT;

AMBULATORY MONITORING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; DOSE RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; RAT; SWIMMING;

EID: 0344404173     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(98)00064-3     Document Type: Article

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