Localization of the δ-opioid receptor and dopamine transporter in the nucleus accumbens shell: Implications for opiate and psychostimulant cross- sensitization

Synapse

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Svingos, Adena L ^a   Clarke, Cathy L ^a   Pickel, Virginia M ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Immunocytochemistry; Meso limbic; Presynaptic interaction; Reinforcement; Reward

Indexed keywords

DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DOPAMINE RELEASE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GUINEA PIG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OPIATE ADDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; AXONS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DENDRITES; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NARCOTICS; NERVE ENDINGS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, DELTA; RECEPTORS, PRESYNAPTIC;

EID: 0033214514     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199910)34:1<1::AID-SYN1>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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