Opposite effects of γ1- and γ2-melanocyte stimulating hormone on regulation of the dopaminergic mesolimbic system in rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 68-71

  Jansone, Baiba ^a   Bergstrom, Lena ^b   Svirskis, Simons ^a   Lindblom, Jonas ^b   Klusa, Vija ^a   Wikberg, Jarl E S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3,4 Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid; Dopamine; Melanocyte stimulating hormone 1; Melanocyte stimulating hormone 2; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; INTERMEDIN;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOANALYSIS; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DOPAMINE; GAMMA-MSH; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; UP-REGULATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 2342483728     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2003.12.006     Document Type: Article

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