Long-term depression in the nucleus accumbens: A neural correlate of behavioral sensitization to cocaine

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1217-1223

  Thomas, Mark J ^a   Beurrier, Corinne ^a   Bonci, Antonello ^b   Malenka, Robert C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; COCAINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADAPTATION; ADDICTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODEL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOGENESIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOLERANCE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0035204242     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn757     Document Type: Article

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