Drug-activation of brain reward pathways

Drug Alcohol Depend. 1998 Jun-Jul;51(1-2):13-22. doi: 10.1016/s0376-8716(98)00063-5.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Behavior, Addictive / physiopathology*
  • Brain / drug effects*
  • Central Nervous System Stimulants / pharmacology
  • Dopamine / physiology
  • Hallucinogens / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Hypothalamus, Middle / drug effects
  • Illicit Drugs / pharmacology*
  • Models, Neurological*
  • Narcotics / pharmacology
  • Neural Pathways / drug effects
  • Nicotinic Agonists / pharmacology
  • Nucleus Accumbens / drug effects
  • Prefrontal Cortex / drug effects
  • Rats
  • Receptors, Neurotransmitter / drug effects*
  • Reward*
  • Self Stimulation / physiology
  • Substance-Related Disorders / physiopathology*
  • Tegmentum Mesencephali / drug effects
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / drug effects
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / physiology

Substances

  • Central Nervous System Stimulants
  • Hallucinogens
  • Illicit Drugs
  • Narcotics
  • Nicotinic Agonists
  • Receptors, Neurotransmitter
  • gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
  • Dopamine