Sensitization of Midbrain Dopamine Neuron Reactivity Promotes the Pursuit of Amphetamine

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4654-4662

  Vezina, Paul ^a   Lorrain, Daniel S ^b   Arnold, Gretchen M ^a   Austin, Jennifer D ^a   Suto, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphetamine self administration; Dopamine neuron reactivity; Drug pre exposure; Nucleus accumbens; Priming; Progressive ratio; Sensitization; Ventral tegmental area

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; INFUSION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG EVANS RAT; METABOLISM; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; MICRODIALYSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SELF ADMINISTRATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0036615635     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-11-04654.2002     Document Type: Article

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