The role of the striatopallidal and extended amygdala systems in drug addiction

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 877, Issue , 1999, Pages 445-460

  Koob, George F ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DOPAMINE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NICOTINE; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; STRIATE CORTEX; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0032779911     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb09282.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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