Alterations in behaviour and glutamate transmission following presentation of stimuli previously associated with cocaine exposure

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1843-1855

  Hotsenpiller, Gregory ^a   Giorgetti, Marco ^b   Wolf, Marina E ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptors; Conditioning; Microdialysis; Nucleus accumbens; Rat

Indexed keywords

1 (4 AMINOPHENYL) 4 METHYL 7,8 METHYLENEDIOXY 5H 2,3 BENZODIAZEPINE; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; COCAINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0035783681     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01804.x     Document Type: Article

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