Tonic firing of rat nucleus accumbens neurons: Changes during the first 2 weeks of daily cocaine self-administration sessions

Brain Research

Volumn 822, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 231-236

  Peoples, Laura L ^a   Uzwiak, Anthony J ^a   Gee, Fred ^a   West, Mark O ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cocaine; Electrophysiology; Nucleus accumbens; Rat; Self administration

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0033586256     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01271-2     Document Type: Article

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