Pathophysiological basis of vulnerability to drug abuse: Role of an interaction between stress, glucocorticoids, and dopaminergic neurons

Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 36, Issue , 1996, Pages 359-378

  Piazza, Pier Vincenzo ^a   Le Moal, Michel ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

amphetamine; cocaine; corticosterone; individual differences; morphine

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MORPHINE;

DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETIOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS;

EID: 0029890381     PISSN: 00664251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.pa.36.040196.002043     Document Type: Review

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