Drugs of abuse and stress increase the expression of GIuRI and NMDAR1 glutamate receptor subunits in the rat ventral tegmental area: Common adaptations among cross-sensitizing agents

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 274-282

  Fitzgerald, Lawrence W ^a,b   Ortiz, Jordi ^a,c   Hamedani, Azita G ^a   Nestler, Eric J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dopamine; Drug addiction; Locomotor sensitization; Mesolimbic; Opiates

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; AMPA RECEPTOR; COCAINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; GLUTAMIC ACID; HALOPERIDOL; KAINIC ACID; KAINIC ACID RECEPTOR; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RACLOPRIDE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; SERTRALINE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ABUSE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; DRUG TOLERANCE; MALE; MORPHINE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0030044516     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-01-00274.1996     Document Type: Article

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