Sensitization of ventral tegmental area dopamine neurons to the stimulating effects of ethanol

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1571-1581

  Ding, Zheng Ming ^a,b   Rodd, Zachary A ^a   Engleman, Eric A ^a   McBride, William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; Sensitization; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENZYME MULTIPLIED IMMUNOASSAY TECHNIQUE; ETHANOL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 69249133360     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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