Homologies and differences in the action of drugs of abuse and a conventional reinforcer (food) on dopamine transmission: an interpretative framework of the mechanism of drug dependence

Adv Pharmacol. 1998:42:983-7. doi: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60911-4.

Authors

G Di Chiara¹, G Tanda, C Cadoni, E Acquas, V Bassareo, E Carboni

Affiliation

¹ Department of Toxicology, University of Cagliari, Italy.

PMID: 9328062
DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60911-4

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Dopamine / physiology*
Food
Food Deprivation
Humans
Nucleus Accumbens / physiology
Nucleus Accumbens / physiopathology*
Rats
Reinforcement, Psychology*
Substance-Related Disorders / physiopathology*
Substance-Related Disorders / psychology
Synaptic Transmission*

Substances

Dopamine