The effects of thalamic paraventricular nucleus lesions on cocaine- induced locomotor activity and sensitization

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 753-758

  Young, Cheryl D ^a,b   Deutch, Ariel Y ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Psychiatric Hospital at Vanderbilt   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Sensitization; Thalamic paraventricular nucleus

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; DRUG EFFECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NARCOTICS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THALAMIC NUCLEI;

EID: 0031876104     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-3057(98)00051-3     Document Type: Article

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