Drug discrimination and neurochemical studies in α7 null mutant mice: Tests for the role of nicotinic α7 receptors in dopamine release

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 399-410

  Quarta, Davide ^a,c   Naylor, Christopher G ^a   Barik, Jacques ^b,d   Fernandes, Cathy ^a   Wonnacott, Susan ^b   Stolerman, Ian P ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c GSK   (Italy)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Amphetamine; Behaviour; Binding; Dopamine; Dopamine release; Drug discrimination; Methyllycaconitine; Mice; Monoamine; Nicotine; Nicotinic receptors; Release

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BETA2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG DISCRIMINATION; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; WILD TYPE;

EID: 62449228194     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-008-1281-x     Document Type: Article

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