The role of dopamine in maintaining intracranial self-stimulation in the ventral tegmentum, nucleus accumbens, and medial prefrontal cortex

MeSH terms

• Adrenergic Fibers / physiology
• Animals
• Corpus Striatum / physiology
• Dextroamphetamine / pharmacology
• Dopamine / physiology*
• Frontal Lobe / physiology*
• Limbic System / physiology
• Male
• Nucleus Accumbens / physiology*
• Rats
• Reinforcement, Psychology
• Self Stimulation / drug effects
• Self Stimulation / physiology*
• Septal Nuclei / physiology*
• Tegmentum Mesencephali / physiology*