Corticotropin-releasing factor, but not corticosterone, is involved in stress-induced relapse to heroin-seeking in rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2605-2614

  Shaham, Yavin ^b   Funk, Douglas ^a   Erb, Suzanne ^a   Brown, Theodore J ^c   Walker, Claire Dominique ^d   Stewart, Jane ^a  

^a and Applied Physiology   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

adrenalectomy; corticosterone; CRF; metyrapone; opioid self administration; reinstatement; relapse; stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DIAMORPHINE; METYRAPONE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELAPSE; STRESS;

EID: 0030900836     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-07-02605.1997     Document Type: Article

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