Intravenous Ethanol Increases Extracellular Dopamine in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex of the Long-Evans Rat

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 740-747

  Schier, Christina J ^a   Dilly, Geoffrey A ^a   Gonzales, Rueben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Ethanol; Medial Prefrontal Cortex; Microdialysis; Rat

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DIALYSATE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; MALE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DEPRESSANTS; DOPAMINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ETHANOL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84876789065     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12042     Document Type: Article

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