Excitotoxic lesions of the basolateral amygdala impair the acquisition of cocaine-seeking behaviour under a second-order schedule of reinforcememt

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 213-224

  Whitelaw, Rachel B ^a   Markou, Athina ^b   Robbins, Trevor W ^a   Everitt, Barry J ^a  

^a UK   (United Kingdom)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Cocaine; Conditioned reinforcer; Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Reward; Second order schedule

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; EXCITOTOXIN; QUINOLINIC ACID;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HISTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0029851654     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02246129     Document Type: Article

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