Modafinil: An antinarcoleptic drug with a different neurochemical profile to d-amphetamine and dopamine uptake blockers

A direct comparison of amphetamine-induced behaviours and regional brain dopamine release in the rat using intracerebral dialysis

Trevor Sharp, Tyra Zetterström, T. Ljungberg et al. · Brain Research · 1987 · 399 citations

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Successful treatment of idiopathic hypersomnia and narcolepsy with modafinil

Helene Bastoji, Michel Jouvet · Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry · 1988 · 271 citations

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<i>N</i>‐methyl‐<scp>d</scp>‐Aspartic Acid Differentially Regulates Extracellular Dopamine, GABA, and Glutamate Levels in the Dorsolateral Neostriatum of the Halothane‐Anesthetized Rat: An In Vivo Microdialysis Study

Michele Morari, William T. O’Connor, Urban Ungerstedt et al. · Journal of Neurochemistry · 1993 · 148 citations

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The vigilance promoting drug modafinil increases dopamine release in the rat nucleus accumbens via the involvement of a local GABAergic mechanism

Luca Ferraro, Sergio Tanganelli, William T. O’Connor et al. · European Journal of Pharmacology · 1996 · 137 citations

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The vigilance promoting drug modafinil decreases GABA release in the medial preoptic area and in the posterior hypothalamus of the awake rat: possible involvement of the serotonergic 5-HT3 receptor

Luca Ferraro, Sergio Tanganelli, William T. O’Connor et al. · Neuroscience Letters · 1996 · 107 citations

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