Neuronal responses in prefrontal cortex and nucleus accumbens during heroin self-administration in freely moving rats

Brain Research

Volumn 754, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 12-20

  Chang, Jing Yu ^a   Zhang, LingLi ^a   Janak, Patricia H ^a   Woodward, Donald J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

drug of abuse; electrophysiology; heroin; morphine; nucleus accumbens; opiate; prefrontal cortex

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HEROIN; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030894280     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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