Psychostimulant-induced behavioral sensitization depends on nicotinic receptor activation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 3269-3276

  Schoffelmeer, Anton N M ^a   De Vries, Taco J ^a   Wardeh, George ^a   Van de Ven, Henrica W M ^a   Vanderschuren, Louk J M J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Addiction; Amphetamine; Cocaine; Learning; Nicotine; Nicotinic receptors; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; MECAMYLAMINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ADDICTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; EVOKED RESPONSE; HYPERACTIVITY; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REINFORCEMENT; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0037092424     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-08-03269.2002     Document Type: Article

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