Effect of 3, 4-methylendioxymethamphetamine (MDMA,“ecstasy”) on dopamine transmission in the nucleus accumbens shell and core

Abstract

It is known that most of drugs abused by humans preferentially stimulate dopamine transmission in the shell subdivision of the nucleus accumbens as compared to the core. The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether this applies also to intravenous 3, 4 …