Pathways to relapse: The neurobiology of drug- and stress-induced relapse to drug-taking

Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-136

  Stewart, Jane ^a  

^a Center for Studies in Behavioral Neurobiology Groupe de Recherche en Neurobiologie Comportementale   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenergic agonists; Cocaine related disorders; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Dopamine antagonists; Heroin dependence; Recurrence; Stress; Substance related disorders

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DIAMORPHINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG REEXPOSURE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; MESOLIMBIC DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; RAT; RELAPSE; REVIEW; STRESS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; RATS; RECURRENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0034012078     PISSN: 11804882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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