PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Mora, F
AU  - Myers, RD
TI  - Brain self-stimulation: direct evidence for the involvement of dopamine in the prefrontal cortex
AID  - 10.1126/science.897677
DP  - 1977 Sep 30
TA  - Science
PG  - 1387--1389
VI  - 197
IP  - 4311
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/197/4311/1387.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/197/4311/1387.full
SO  - Science1977 Sep 30; 197
AB  - Rats were trained to self-stimulate the medial prefrontal cortex, a region rich in dopaminergic terminals. After the region adjacent to the electrode site was labeled with [14C]dopamine, it was perfused repeatedly by means of push-pull cannulas. Electrical stimulation of this cortical area in six animals enhanced the release of dopamine and its associated metabolites in nine of 16 experiments. Thus in vivo evidence is provided that dopamine is involved in the brain self-stimulation mechanism within the frontal cortex.