Serotonin depletion attenuates cocaine-seeking behavior in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-66

  Tran Nguyen, Ly T L ^a   Baker, David A ^a   Grote, Katherine A ^a   Solano, Joel ^a   Neisewander, Janet L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine seeking behavior; Extinction; Food seeking behavior; Incentive motivation; Para chlorophenylalanine; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; FENCLONINE; SEROTONIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COCAINE; EATING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SEROTONIN;

EID: 0032848920     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130051088     Document Type: Article

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