Effects of intra-amygdala R(+) 7-OH-DPAT on intra-accumbens d- amphetamine-associated learning I. Pavlovian conditioning

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 300-309

  Hitchcott, Paul K ^a,b   Phillips, Gavin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b Concordia University ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; d Amphetamine; D3 receptor; Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Pavlovian conditioning; R(+) 7 OH DPAT

Indexed keywords

2 DIPROPYLAMINO 7 HYDROXYTETRALIN; DEXAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TETRAHYDRONAPHTHALENES;

EID: 0031744364     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130050771     Document Type: Article

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