Estrogen regulates responses of dopamine neurons in the ventral tegmental area to cocaine

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 199, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 625-635

  Zhang, Die ^a   Yang, Shen ^a   Yang, Chunhao ^a   Jin, Guozhang ^a   Zhen, Xuechu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dopaminergic neurons; Estrogen; Firing; Slow oscillation; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; COCAINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; RACLOPRIDE; RALOXIFENE; Y 134;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIESTRUS; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; COCAINE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ESTROGENS; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; OVARIECTOMY; RACLOPRIDE; RALOXIFENE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 48149106171     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1188-6     Document Type: Article

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