Neuronal spike activity in rat nucleus accumbens during cocaine self- administration under different fixed-ratio schedules

Neuroscience

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 483-497

  Chang, J Y ^a   Paris, J M ^a   Sawyer, S F ^a   Kirillov, A B ^a   Woodward, D J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; cocaine; drug of abuse; electrophysiology; nucleus accumbens; rat

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SPIKE;

EID: 0030593427     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-4522(96)00144-3     Document Type: Article

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