Examination of factors mediating the transition to behaviorally correlated nucleus accumbens cell firing during cocaine self-administration sessions in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 104, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 127-139

  Carelli, Regina M ^a   Ijames, Stephanie ^a   Konstantopoulos, Joanne ^b   Deadwyler, Sam A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Ctr Neurobiological Invest Drug A   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic recording; Cocaine; Dopamine; Electrophysiology; Nucleus accumbens; Self administration

Indexed keywords

8 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 3 METHYL 5 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPIN 7 OL HYDROGEN MALEATE; COCAINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ETICLOPRIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

(R)-2,3,4,5-TETRAHYDRO-8-CHLORO-3-METHYL-5-PHENYL-1H-3-BENZAZEPIN-7-OL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; ELECTRODES, IMPLANTED; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SALICYLAMIDES; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0032853281     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(99)00064-9     Document Type: Article

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