Amphetamine actions in dorsolateral tegmental rats: hypodipsia, anorexia, and central nervous system permeation to [14C] amphetamine. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Electrolytic lesions of the dorsolateral tegmentum produced hyperdipsia, enhanced amphetamine-induced hypodipsia, yet attenuated amphetamine-induced anorexia. Central nervous system permeation by [14C]amphetamine was comparable in control, operated control, and tegmental rats. These data suggest that (a) a common motivational process, such as malaise, cannot explain the anorexic and hypodipsic properties of amphetamine and (b) that the influence of tegmental damage on amphetamine actions did not result from differences in brain amphetamine levels. 1982 Academic Press, Inc.

published proceedings

  • Behav Neural Biol

author list (cited authors)

  • Wellman, P. J., Clark, D. E., Rogers, J. K., & Thomas, J. C.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Wellman, PJ||Clark, DE||Rogers, JK||Thomas, JC

publication date

  • January 1982