Operant behavior during sessions of intravenous cocaine infusion is necessary and sufficient for phasic firing of single nucleus accumbens neurons

Brain Research

Volumn 757, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 280-284

  Peoples, Laura L ^a   Uzwiak, Anthony J ^a   Gee, Fred ^a   West, Mark O ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Appetitive behavior; Cocaine; Incentive stimulus; Nucleus accumbens; Psychomotor stimulant; Reward; Self administration; Single neuron recording

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NARCOTICS; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030923303     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00299-0     Document Type: Article

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