Amphetamine and cocaine do not increase Narp expression in rat ventral tegmental area, nucleus accumbens or prefrontal cortex, but Narp may contribute to individual differences in responding to a novel environment

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2027-2036

  Lu, W ^a,c   Marinelli, M ^a,d   Xu, D ^b   Worley, P F ^b   Wolf, Marina E ^a  

^a The Chicago Medical College   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Nalge Nunc International   (United States)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Addiction; AMPA receptors; Immediate early genes; Individual differences; Neuronal plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; GENE PRODUCT; NEURONAL ACTIVITY REGULATED PENTRAXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; RAT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COCAINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG TOLERANCE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UP-REGULATION; VARIATION (GENETICS); VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0036460409     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02036.x     Document Type: Article

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