it was found that a long-term treatment of rats with desipramine , citalopram or electroconvulsive shocks potentiated the dopaminergic mechanisms within the nucleus accumbens , as evidenced by an increase in or the appearance of behavioral effects ( exploratory locomotion , an active behavior in the porsolt test ) following microinjections of dopaminergic agonists into this brain area .
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nucleus accumbens
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brain