title: Effects of chronic nicotine pretreatment on (+)-amphetamine and nicotine-induced synthesis and release of [3H]dopamine from [3H]tyrosine in rat nucleus accumbens.
abstract: The effects of chronic (14 day) administration of nicotine (1.5 mg kg-1 day-1) on the rat nucleus accumbens have been examined. Pretreatment of animals with nicotine increased the endogenous level of dopamine. The ability of (+)-amphetamine to stimulate formation and release of [3H]dopamine from [3H]tyrosine was greatly potentiated in tissue slices from the nucleus accumbens of rats pretreated with nicotine. Furthermore, nicotine was effective in stimulating the formation and release of from [3H]dopamine from [3H]tyrosine in tissue slices from chronic nicotine-treated animals.
authors.affiliation: University of Nebraska Medical Center, Department of Oral Biology, College of Dentistry, Lincoln 68583-0740.
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Fung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004298:Dopamine / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D009538:Nicotine / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009714:Nucleus Accumbens / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012686:Septal Nuclei / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D014443:Tyrosine; D009538:Nicotine; D003913:Dextroamphetamine; D004298:Dopamine