NMDA receptors in the nucleus accumbens modulate intravenous cocaine but not heroin self-administration in the rat

Brain Research

Volumn 594, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 327-330

  Pulvirenti, Luigi ^a   Maldonado Lopez, Rafael ^a   Koob, George F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Glutamate; Intravenous self administration; Nucleus accumbens; Reward

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SELF MEDICATION;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; ANIMAL; COCAINE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATES; GLUTAMIC ACID; HEROIN; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REWARD; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026595424     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(92)91145-5     Document Type: Article

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