Alpha7-nicotinic receptors modulate nicotine-induced reinforcement and extracellular dopamine outflow in the mesolimbic system in mice

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Besson, Morgane ^a   David, Vincent ^b   Baudonnat, Mathieu ^b   Cazala, Pierre ^b   Guilloux, Jean Philippe ^c   Reperant, Christelle ^c   Cloez Tayarani, Isabelle ^a   Changeux, Jean Pierre ^a   Gardier, Alain M ^c   Granon, Sylvie ^a,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c University of Paris XI   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Knockout mice; Nicotine; Nicotinic receptors; Nucleus accumbens; Reinforcement; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IN VIVO STUDY; LATENT PERIOD; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICRODIALYSIS; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84858440492     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2422-1     Document Type: Article

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