Interaction between glucocorticoid hormones, stress and psychostimulant drugs

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 387-394

  Marinelli, Michela ^a   Piazza, Pier Vincenzo ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Corticosterone; Dopamine; Nucleus accumbens; Rat

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; ILLICIT DRUG; MINERALOCORTICOID; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

BEHAVIOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LIMBIC CORTEX; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; SENSITIZATION; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOPAMINE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REWARD; STRESS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0036460690     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.02089.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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