Acetylcholine in the accumbens is decreased by diazepam and increased by benzodiazepine withdrawal: A possible mechanism for dependency

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 508, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 131-138

  Rada, Pedro ^a,b   Hoebel, Bartley G ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

(Rat); Acetylcholine; Benzodiazepines; Dopamine; Flumazenil; Microdialysis; Valium; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE; FLUMAZENIL;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG TOLERANCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BENZODIAZEPINES; DIAZEPAM; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUMAZENIL; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 12844281341     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.12.016     Document Type: Article

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