Effects of cocaine and morphine in rats from two psychogenetically selected lines: A behavioral and brain dialysis study

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 537-546

  Giorgi, Osvaldo ^a   Corda, Maria G ^a   Carboni, Giovanni ^a   Frau, Vilma ^a   Valentini, Valentina ^a   Di Chiara, Gaetano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain microdialysis; Cocaine; Dopamine; Drug dependence; Morphine; Nucleus accumbens; Roman high avoidance and low avoidance rats

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EMOTIONALITY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PSYCHOGENESIS; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REINFORCEMENT; STEREOTYPY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COCAINE; DIALYSIS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; MALE; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NARCOTICS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS;

ANIMALIA; ROMAN;

EID: 0031425170     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021405031412     Document Type: Article

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