Taurine elevates dopamine levels in the rat nucleus accumbens; antagonism by strychnine

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3225-3229

  Ericson, Mia ^a,c   Molander, Anna ^a   Stomberg, Rosita ^a   Söderpalm, Bo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ethanol; Glycine receptor; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMINO ACID; DOPAMINE; GLYCINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; GLYCINE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; LIGAND; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE; VESAMICOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REWARD; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; GLYCINE AGENTS; MALE; MECAMYLAMINE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR DEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PIPERIDINES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE;

EID: 33745223466     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04868.x     Document Type: Article

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