Selective dopamine antagonists reduce nicotine self-administration

A psychomotor stimulant theory of addiction.

Roy A. Wise, Michael A. Bozarth · Psychological Review · 1987 · 2.7K citations

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Nicotine preferentially stimulates dopamine release in the limbic system of freely moving rats

Assunta Impérato, Angelina Mulas, G. Di Chiara · European Journal of Pharmacology · 1986 · 693 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +14

Nicotine maintains robust self-administration in rats on a limited-access schedule

William A. Corrigall, Kathleen M. Coen · Psychopharmacology · 1989 · 589 citations

Medicine, Behavioral Sciences, Pharmacology +14

Heroin and cocaine intravenous self-administration in rats: Mediation by separate neural systems

Aaron Ettenberg, Hugh O. Pettit, Floyd E. Bloom et al. · Psychopharmacology · 1982 · 560 citations

Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +14

Autoradiographic evidence for nicotine receptors on nigrostriatal and mesolimbic dopaminergic neurons

Paul B. S. Clarke, Agu Pert · Brain Research · 1985 · 528 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Pharmacology +16