Blockade of stress-induced but not cocaine-induced reinstatement by infusion of noradrenergic antagonists into the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis or the central nucleus of the amygdala

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 5713-5718

  Leri, Francesco ^a   Flores, Joseph ^a   Rodaros, Demetra ^a   Stewart, Jane ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis; Central amygdala; Cocaine; Noradrenaline; Reinstatement; Stress

Indexed keywords

3 ISOPROPYLAMINO 1 (7 METHYL 4 INDANYLOXY) 2 BUTANOL; BETAXOLOL; COCAINE;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SHOCK; STRESS; STRIA TERMINALIS;

EID: 0036662881     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-13-05713.2002     Document Type: Article

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