Microdialysis Studies Evaluating Toluene's Ability to Enhance Nucleus Accumbens Dopamine

question 59

Multiple Choice

Microdialysis studies evaluating toluene's ability to enhance nucleus accumbens dopamine levels, an action usually predictive of a drug's reinforcing effects, ____.

• A) demonstrate an increase in dopamine levels
• B) demonstrate a decrease in dopamine levels
• C) show that toluene has no effect on dopamine levels
• D) provide mixed results

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