Nicotine self-administered directly into the VTA by rats is weakly reinforcing but has strong reinforcement enhancing properties

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-54

  Farquhar, Morag J ^a   Latimer, Mary P ^b   Winn, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Dopamine; Intra cranial self administration; Nicotine; Pedunculopontine; Reinforcement; Reward; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SENSITIZATION; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; DOPAMINE; MALE; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGONISTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 84858445507     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-011-2452-8     Document Type: Article

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