The motivational valence of nicotine in the rat ventral tegmental area is switched from rewarding to aversive following blockade of the α7-subunit-containing nicotinic acetylcholine receptor

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 306-313

  Laviolette, Steven R ^a   Kooy, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditioned place aversion; Conditioned place preference; Methyllycaconitine citrate; Nicotine; NMDA receptors; Ventral tegmental area; 7 Subunit

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 7 PHOSPHONOHEPTANOIC ACID; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE; METHYLLYCACONITINE CITRATE; MORPHINE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DRUG MECHANISM; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REINFORCEMENT; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 0037349374     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-002-1317-6     Document Type: Article

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