In Vivo monitoring of dopamine in the nucleus accumbens during intravenous self-administration of D-Amphetamine by the rat
Current theory suggests that mesolimbic dopamine (DA) in the nucleus accumbens is involved in the self-administration of drugs such as cocaine and amphetamine. The present thesis was conducted to determine some of the behavioural and in vivo dopaminergic correlates of intravenous (i.v.) self-adm...
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Language: | English |
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2009
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4887 |