Nicotine preferentially stimulates dopamine release in the limbic system of freely moving rats
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Rats self-administer nicotine continuously over minutes or hours, and a single systemic injection of nicotine increases and maintains extracellular dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens for over an hour.
“The brief excitatory capacity that nicotine has on dopaminergic neurons does not readily explain the finding that rats self-administer nicotine continuously over minutes or hours and that a single systemic injection of nicotine increases and maintains extracellular dopamine levels in the nucleus accumbens for over an hour (Imperato et al., 1986; Pidoplichko et al., 2004).”
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- Authors
- Imperato, A., Mulas, A., & Di Chiara, G.
- Venue
- European Journal of Pharmacology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1986-12
- Volume
- 132
- Issue
- 2-3
- Pages
- 337-338
- ISSN
- 0014-2999 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2064409585
- Cited by
- 693
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 12.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- European Journal of Pharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UNICA IRIS Institutional Research Information System (University of Cagliari) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pharmacology › Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors Study
- Keywords
- nicotine, dopamine release, limbic system, tobacco use disorder, nicotine self-administration, fatty acid amide hydrolase inhibition, endocannabinoids, anandamide, palmitoylethanolamide, oleoylethanolamide, URB597, multi-target drugs, conditioned place preference, nicotine dose-response
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Grooming, Limbic System, Male, Motor Activity, Nicotine, Rats, Inbred Strains, Receptors, Dopamine, Rats
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