Chronic microinjection of valproic acid into the nucleus accumbens attenuates amphetamine-induced locomotor activity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 432, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-57

  Kim, Wha Young ^a   Kim, Seungwoo ^a   Kim, Jeong Hoon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Locomotor activity; Microinjection; Nucleus accumbens; Valproic acid

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VALPROIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANNULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MECHANISM; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ANTICONVULSANTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG INTERACTIONS; HYPERKINESIS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 38949146699     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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