Phasic accumbal firing may contribute to the regulation of drug taking during intravenous cocaine self-administration sessions

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 877, Issue , 1999, Pages 781-787

  Peoples, Laura L ^a   Uzwiak, Anthony J ^a   Gee, Fred ^a   Fabbricatore, Anthony T ^a   Muccino, Kathryn J ^a   Mohta, Binaifer D ^a   West, M O ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANATOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

EID: 0032809110     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb09322.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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