Dynamic changes of tyrosine hydroxylase and dopamine concentrations in the ventral tegmental area-nucleus accumbens projection during the expression of morphine-induced conditioned place preference in rats

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1482-1489

  Liang, Jing ^a,b   Ma, Si Si ^a   Li, Yi Jing ^a   Ping, Xing Jie ^a   Hu, Ling ^a   Cui, Cai Lian ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Dopamine (DA) Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH); Morphine Conditioned place preference (CPP)

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; MORPHINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; MALE; MORPHINE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

RATTUS;

EID: 84862880303     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-012-0739-8     Document Type: Article

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