The dopaminergic hyper-responsiveness of the shell of the nucleus accumbens is hormone-dependent

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 973-979

  Barrot, Michel ^a   Marinelli, Michela ^a   Abrous, Djoher Nora ^a   Rougé Pont, Françoise ^a   Le Moal, Michel ^a   Piazza, Pier Vincenzo ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Corticosterone; Dopamine; Fos; Morphine; Rat; Steroid; Stress

Indexed keywords

3 ALLYL 6 CHLORO 2,3,4,5 TETRAHYDRO 7,8 DIHYDROXY 1 PHENYL 1H 3 BENZAZEPINE; COCAINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; GLUCOCORTICOID; MORPHINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT; STRESS;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; BENZAZEPINES; COCAINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGONISTS; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D1; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034111418     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00996.x     Document Type: Article

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