Ethanol effects on dopaminergic "reward" neurons in the ventral tegmental area and the mesolimbic pathway

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1768-1778

  Appel, Sarah B ^a,g   McBride, William J ^b   Diana, Marco ^c   Diamond, Ivan ^d,e,f   Bonci, Antonello ^d,e   Brodie, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; cAMP; Dopamine; Nucleus Accumbens; Reinforcement

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CYCLIC AMP; DOPAMINE;

ALCOHOL METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN SLICE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LIMBIC CORTEX; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 9244248188     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000145976.64413.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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