Effect of ethanol on extracellular dopamine in the nucleus accumbens of alcohol-preferring AA and alcohol-avoiding ANA rats.
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
; 52(1): 29-34, 1995 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-7501675
ABSTRACT
The role of central monoamines in the genetically determined influences on voluntary ethanol consumption were examined by studying the extracellular levels of monoamines in the nucleus accumbens of the alcohol-preferring AA (Alko Alcohol) and alcohol-avoiding ANA (Alko Nonalcohol) rats with in vivo microdialysis. Dialysate samples for the assay of monoamines with small bore HPLC were collected from freely moving animals at 15 min intervals after administration of ethanol (0.5, 1, or 2 g/kg, i.p.). Ethanol significantly increased the extracellular levels of dopamine, DOPAC, and HVA, suggesting stimulation of dopamine release by ethanol, while the effect on 5-HIAA did not reach significance. No difference in the extent or time course of stimulation of dopamine release between the AA and ANA rats was found. The results could so far give no indication that the differential ethanol consumption by AA and ANA rats could be explained in terms of differences in ethanol-induced stimulation of dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Alcohol Drinking
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Dopamine
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Central Nervous System Depressants
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Ethanol
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Nucleus Accumbens
Limits:
Animals
Language:
En
Journal:
Pharmacol Biochem Behav
Year:
1995
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Finland