Ethanol induces stronger dopamine release in nucleus accumbens (shell) of alcohol-preferring (bibulous) than in alcohol-avoiding (abstainer) rats

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 591, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 153-158

  Bustamante, Diego ^a   Quintanilla, Maria Elena ^a   Tampier, Lutske ^a   Gonzalez Lira, Victor ^a   Israel, Yedy ^a,b,c   Herrera Marschitz, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine release; Ethanol; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; UChB and UChA rats

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; 5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ALCOHOL AVOIDING RAT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL PREFERRING RAT; ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; MONOAMINE RELEASE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; FOOD PREFERENCES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SEROTONIN;

EID: 48749125909     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2008.06.069     Document Type: Article

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