Ethanol drinking reduces extracellular dopamine levels in the posterior ventral tegmental area of nondependent alcohol-preferring rats

Alcohol

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-557

  Engleman, Eric A ^a   Keen, Elizabeth J ^a   Tilford, Sydney S ^a   Thielen, Richard J ^a   Morzorati, Sandra L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol preferring rats; Dopamine; Ethanol; Quantitative microdialysis; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; MICRODIALYSIS; RATS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

RATTUS;

EID: 79961132977     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.02.304     Document Type: Article

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