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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Main Author: Di Ciano, Patricia
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/4887