Microinjection of morphine into the nucleus accumbens impairs contextual learning in rats

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 996-1013

  Westbrook, R Frederick ^a   Good, Anthony J ^a   Kiernan, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; DRUG EFFECT; LATENT INHIBITION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; SHOCK; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MICROINJECTIONS; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NALOXONE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030813610     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.5.996     Document Type: Article

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