Neuroadaptations in cystine-glutamate exchange underlie cocaine relapse

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 743-749

  Baker, David A ^a   McFarland, Krista ^a   Lake, Russell W ^a   Shen, Hui ^a   Tang, Xing Chun ^a   Toda, Shigenobu ^a   Kalivas, Peter W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; COCAINE; CYSTINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RELAPSE;

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CORPUS STRIATUM; CYSTINE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXPECTORANTS; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECURRENCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037743546     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1069     Document Type: Article

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