Effects of cocaine self-administration on plasma corticosterone in rats: Relationship to hippocampal Type II glucocorticoid receptors

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 633-646

  Mantsch, John R ^a,b   Goeders, Nick E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIV MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Corticosterone; Glucocorticoid receptor; Hippocampus; Self administration; Type II receptor

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INDWELLING CATHETER; NONHUMAN; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0034190491     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-5846(00)00098-1     Document Type: Article

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