J. Neurochem.(2012) 121, 252–262. Abstract Mesolimbic dopamine neurons fire in both
tonic and phasic modes resulting in detectable extracellular levels of dopamine in the …

Electrophysiological studies show that distinct subsets of nucleus accumbens (NAc) neurons
differentially encode information about goal-directed behaviors for intravenous cocaine …

Although ample evidence implicates the dopamine (DA) projection to the neostriatum and
nucleus accumbens in motor and motivational processes, relatively little information is …

A new approach combining fast-scan cyclic voltammetry with iontophoretic dopamine
delivery was used in freely behaving rats to evaluate the time-course of dopamine uptake …

Psychostimulant drugs like amphetamine are readily self-administered by humans and
laboratory animals by virtue of their actions on dopamine (DA) neurons in the midbrain …

The dopaminergic innervation of the nucleus accumbens is generally agreed to mediate the
primary reinforcing and locomotor effects of psychostimulants, but there is less consensus …

The hypothesis that separate neural systems mediate the reinforcing properties of opioid
and psychomotor stimulant drugs was tested by examining the role of mesolimbic dopamine …

High-speed chronoamperometry with Nafion-coated monoamine-sensitive carbon fiber
electrodes was used to estimate changes in extracellular dopamine concentration in the …

All drugs of abuse have been shown to act either directly or indirectly by increasing
dopamine neurotransmission within the limbic system. Thus, alcohol has been shown to …

The catecholamine dopamine (DA) has been implicated in a host of neural processes as
diverse as schizophrenia, parkinsonism and reward encoding. Importantly, these distinct …