Glycine receptors involved in acamprosate's modulation of accumbal dopamine levels: An in vivo microdialysis study

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-38

  Chau, Peipei ^a   Stomberg, Rosita ^a   Fagerberg, Anne ^a   Söderpalm, Bo ^a,b   Ericson, Mia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acamprosate; Dopamine; Glycine Receptor; Microdialysis; Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

Indexed keywords

ACAMPROSATE; DOPAMINE; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MECAMYLAMINE; STRYCHNINE; TAURINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; TAURINE;

RATTUS; STRYCHNOS TOXIFERA;

EID: 74049127368     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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