Comparison of VTA dopamine neuron activity in lines of rats selectively bred to prefer or avoid alcohol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 991-997

  Morzorati, Sandra L ^a   Marunde, Rita L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol Preferring (P) and Nonpreferring (NP) Rats; Dopamine Neurons; High (HAD) and Low (LAD) Alcohol Drinking Rats; Selected Rat Lines; Ventral Tegmental Area

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ELECTRODE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BREEDING; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; SELECTION (GENETICS); VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33744769447     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2006.00113.x     Document Type: Article

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