Component
Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens
Dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.
1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.
How nutrients influence it
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What it does
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What acts on it
Ethanol preferentially stimulated dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats.
Experimental context and source evidence
- evidence_span
- {"source_cache": "artifacts/alcohol-research/3761194.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "98cf7c1ea1f6fbf3da6b89ab6beaed01a679ea1c8d4823f00952692a0c9203ca", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1539, "text_sha256": "98cf7c1ea1f6fbf3da6b89ab6beaed01a679ea1c8d4823f00952692a0c9203ca"}
- experimental_model
- In vivo microdialysis in freely moving rats
- exposure
- Ethanol administration with regional dopamine measurement
- limitations
- A reward-pathway measurement in freely moving animals. Dopamine release is a correlate of reinforcement, not a measure of liking or dependence.
- nutrient_topic
- Alcohol research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and ethanol is recorded separately from the acetaldehyde it becomes. · Ethanol
- organism
- Rat
- plain_language
- Alcohol raises dopamine in the brain region that marks things as worth repeating.
- primary_references
- [alcohol-p3761194] Preferential stimulation of dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats by ethanol. (1986). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3761194/ DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3565(25)23929-5
- tissue_or_cell_type
- Nucleus accumbens
Alcohol: ethanol clearance, acetaldehyde, the channels it binds, organ injury and nutrient collisions (2026-09-21) · lines 423–434
AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · In vivo microdialysis in freely moving rats · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft
### alcohol-accumbens-dopamine Ethanol preferentially stimulated dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Alcohol research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and ethanol is recorded separately from the acetaldehyde it becomes. plain_language: Alcohol raises dopamine in the brain region that marks things as worth repeating. organism: Rat tissue_or_cell_type: Nucleus accumbens experimental_model: In vivo microdialysis in freely moving rats limitations: A reward-pathway measurement in freely moving animals. Dopamine release is a correlate of reinforcement, not a measure of liking or dependence. exposure: Ethanol administration with regional dopamine measurement evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/alcohol-research/3761194.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "98cf7c1ea1f6fbf3da6b89ab6beaed01a679ea1c8d4823f00952692a0c9203ca", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1539, "text_sha256": "98cf7c1ea1f6fbf3da6b89ab6beaed01a679ea1c8d4823f00952692a0c9203ca"} [alcohol-p3761194] Preferential stimulation of dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of freely moving rats by ethanol. (1986). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3761194/ DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3565(25)23929-5
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