Long-Term Reduction in Ventral Tegmental Area Dopamine Neuron Population Activity Following Repeated Stimulant or Ethanol Treatment

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-100

  Shen, Roh Yu ^a   Choong, Kar Chan ^a   Thompson, Alexis C ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE ON ADDICTIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; cocaine; depolarization inactivation; drugs of abuse; ethanol; nicotine

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; APOMORPHINE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOPAMINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ETHANOL; MALE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 33845202472     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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