Brain circuitry and the reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 168, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 44-56

  Kalivas, Peter W ^a   McFarland, Krista ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior cingulate; Basolateral amygdala; Dopamine; Extended amygdala; Glutamate; Nucleus accumbens; Reinstatement

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; CINGULATE GYRUS; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUTUROLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; REINSTATEMENT; RELAPSE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; BRAIN; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; NERVE NET;

EID: 0038502133     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-003-1393-2     Document Type: Review

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