Resistance of neuronal nitric oxide synthase-deficient mice to cocaine- induced locomotor sensitization

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 378-386

  Itzhak, Yossef ^a   Ali, Syed F ^b   Martin, Julio L ^a   Black, M Dean ^a   Huang, Paul L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR TOXICOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Knockout mice; Locomotor activity; Nitric oxide; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; MAZINDOL; N(G) NITROARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG DISPOSITION; DRUG SENSITIZATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I;

EID: 0031743647     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050779     Document Type: Article

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