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Environment makes amphetamine-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens totally impulse-dependent.
Synapse (New York, N.Y.) - 1 Dec 2005
Ventura Rossella, Puglisi-Allegra Stefano
Abstract excerpt
Environmental condition such as food restriction has been shown to produce sensitization to the stimulant and rewarding effects of amphetamine in the low responsive DBA/2J genotype. Here, we report that food-restricted DBA/2J mice lose the impulse-independent component of psychostimulant-induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens that is replaced totally by impulse-dependent dopamine release. These results...
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