Comparison of mesocorticolimbic neuronal responses during cocaine and heroin self-administration in freely moving rats

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3098-3115

  Chang, Jing Yu ^a   Janak, Patricia H ^a   Woodward, Donald J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cocaine; Drug abuse; Electrophysiology; Heroin; Medial prefrontal cortex; Mesocorticolimbic system; Nucleus accumbens; Reinforcement; Reward

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; LIMBIC CORTEX; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0032523121     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-08-03098.1998     Document Type: Article

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