Focal application of alcohols elevates extracellular dopamine in rat brain: a microdialysis study

Drugs abused by humans preferentially increase synaptic dopamine concentrations in the mesolimbic system of freely moving rats.

G. Di Chiara, Assunta Impérato · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1988 · 4.7K citations · Full text

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A psychomotor stimulant theory of addiction.

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

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Ethanol Inhibits NMDA-Activated Ion Current in Hippocampal Neurons

David M. Lovinger, Geoffrey White, Forrest F. Weight · Science · 1989 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Preferential stimulation of dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats by ethanol.

Assunta Impérato, G. Di Chiara · Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics · 1986 · 859 citations

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Low doses of ethanol activate dopaminergic neurons in the ventral tegmental area

Gian Luigi Gessa, Francesco Muntoni, Maria Collu et al. · Brain Research · 1985 · 780 citations

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