The neurosteroid allopregnanolone increases dopamine release and dopaminergic response to morphine in the rat nucleus accumbens

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The neurosteroid allopregnanolone increases dopamine release and dopaminergic response to morphine in the rat nucleus accumbens is …
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P356DOI10.1046/J.1460-9568.2002.02084.X
P698PubMed publication ID12153544

P2093author name stringFrançoise Rougé-Pont
Michel Le Moal
Michela Marinelli
Mireille Gingras
Pier Vincenzo Piazza
Willy Mayo
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P407language of work or nameEnglishQ1860
P921main subjectmorphineQ81225
dopamineQ170304
nucleus accumbensQ1476178
P304page(s)169-73
P577publication date2002-07-01
P1433published inEuropean Journal of NeuroscienceQ5412733
P1476titleThe neurosteroid allopregnanolone increases dopamine release and dopaminergic response to morphine in the rat nucleus accumbens
P478volume16

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