Increased motor response to cocaine administration following recovery from chronic corticosterone treatment in the rat

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-46

  Patacchioli, Francesca R ^a   Pontieri, Francesco E ^b   Orzi, Francesco ^c   Di Grezia, Renato ^c   Angelucci, Luciano ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Corticosterone; Locomotor activity; Rat

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0031983903     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-977X(97)00043-6     Document Type: Article

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