Sensitization of the locomotor response to psychostimulants after repeated opiate exposure: Role of the nucleus accumbens

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-155

  Cunningham, S T ^a   Finn, Marianne ^b   Kelley, Ann E ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

cocaine; d amphetamine; locomotor activity; morphine; nucleus accumbens; sensitization

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; COCAINE; DOPAMINE; MORPHINE; OPIATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0031081309     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-133X(96)00166-2     Document Type: Article

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