Neuronal spike activity in the nucleus accumbens of behaving rats during ethanol self-administration

Brain Research

Volumn 817, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 172-184

  Janak, Patricia H ^a   Chang, Jing Yu ^a   Woodward, Donald J ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Alcohol; Basal ganglia; Ensemble; In vivo electrophysiology; Nucleus accumbens; Rat; Self administration; Striatum

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BEHAVIOR; CORPUS STRIATUM; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SINGLE UNIT ACTIVITY; SPIKE WAVE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ETHANOL; MALE; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0033616438     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01245-1     Document Type: Article

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