| Literature DB >> 1626652 |
Z L Rossetti1, F Melis, S Carboni, M Diana, G L Gessa.
Abstract
Withdrawal of rats from chronic ethanol (2-5 g/kg, every 6 hr for 6 days) resulted in withdrawal symptomatology and dramatic fall in extracellular dopamine (DA) in the ventral striatum as measured by microdialysis. The changes in DA output paralleled the withdrawal symptomatology and both phenomena were reversed by a challenge ethanol dose (5 g/kg orally). The results suggest that the decrease in DA output may be responsible for the aversive symptoms of withdrawal.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID: 1626652 DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1992.tb01411.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Alcohol Clin Exp Res ISSN: 0145-6008 Impact factor: 3.455