Repeated exposure of the posterior ventral tegmental area to nicotine increases the sensitivity of local dopamine neurons to the stimulating effects of ethanol

Alcohol

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-223

  Ding, Zheng Ming ^a   Katner, Simon N ^a   Rodd, Zachary A ^a   Truitt, William ^b   Hauser, Sheketha R ^a   Deehan, Gerald A ^a   Engleman, Eric A ^a   McBride, William J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE; NICOTINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG REEXPOSURE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MICRODIALYSIS; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POSTERIOR VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA; RAT; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMALS; COMORBIDITY; DOPAMINE; ETHANOL; FEMALE; NEURONS; NICOTINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TOBACCO USE DISORDER; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 84859769873     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: 18736823     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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