Tyrosine enhances behavioral and mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic responses to aversive conditioning
Morrow B, Elsworth J, Roth R. Tyrosine enhances behavioral and mesocorticolimbic dopaminergic responses to aversive conditioning. Synapse 1996, 22: 100-105. PMID: 8787125, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2396(199602)22:2<100::aid-syn2>3.0.co;2-h.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedial prefrontal cortexDopamine metabolismNucleus accumbensNonconditioned controlsPrefrontal cortexDopamine utilizationAdministration of haloperidolExogenous tyrosineBiosynthesis of catecholaminesDopaminergic responseDietary tyrosineRelevant doseAccumbensRatsTyrosine hydroxylationCortexGreater elevationNonconditioned ratsB-carbolineSaline/Test dayMetabolismBehavioral consequencesAversive conditioningTone