The effects of excitotoxic lesions of the nucleus accumbens core or shell regions on intravenous heroin self-administration in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 455-463

  Alderson, Helen L ^a,b   Parkinson, John A ^a,c   Robbins, Trevor W ^a   Everitt, Barry J ^a  

^a University of Cambridge   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Drug taking; Learning; Opiate; Reward

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HISTOLOGY; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; IBOTENIC ACID; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; NEUROTOXINS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; QUINOLINIC ACID; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0035102873     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002130000634     Document Type: Article

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