PMID- 3615536 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19870828 LR - 20190712 IS - 0091-3057 (Print) IS - 0091-3057 (Linking) VI - 27 IP - 1 DP - 1987 May TI - Effects of acute nicotine and ethanol on medial prefrontal cortex self-stimulation in rats. PG - 15-20 AB - The acute effects of nicotine and ethanol were studied in low and high rates of intracranial self-stimulation (ICSS) of the medial prefrontal cortex (MPFC) in the rat. Nicotine tended to increase low ICSS rates but did not change or even reduced high ICSS rates. Independent of ICSS rate, ethanol tended to decrease ICSS, but only at high doses (1.0 g/kg). It is suggested that the effects of nicotine and ethanol on ICSS may be mediated by their effects on dopamine. FAU - Arregui-Aguirre, A AU - Arregui-Aguirre A FAU - Claro-Izaguirre, F AU - Claro-Izaguirre F FAU - Goni-Garrido, M J AU - Goni-Garrido MJ FAU - Zarate-Oleaga, J A AU - Zarate-Oleaga JA FAU - Morgado-Bernal, I AU - Morgado-Bernal I LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Pharmacol Biochem Behav JT - Pharmacology, biochemistry, and behavior JID - 0367050 RN - 3K9958V90M (Ethanol) RN - 6M3C89ZY6R (Nicotine) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Drug MH - Ethanol/*pharmacology MH - Frontal Lobe/*physiology MH - Male MH - Nicotine/*pharmacology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Inbred Strains MH - Self Stimulation/*drug effects EDAT- 1987/05/01 00:00 MHDA- 1987/05/01 00:01 CRDT- 1987/05/01 00:00 PHST- 1987/05/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1987/05/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1987/05/01 00:00 [entrez] AID - 0091-3057(87)90470-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/0091-3057(87)90470-9 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 1987 May;27(1):15-20. doi: 10.1016/0091-3057(87)90470-9.