Intra-accumbens protein kinase C inhibitor NPC 15437 blocks amphetamine-produced conditioned place preference in rats

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 41-48

  Aujla, Harinder ^a   Beninger, Richard J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphetamine; Conditioned place preference; Dopamine; Learning; Locomotion; NPC 15437; Nucleus accumbens; PKC; Place conditioning; Reward

Indexed keywords

2,6 DIAMINO N [[1 (1 OXOTRIDECYL) 2 PIPERIDYL]METHYL]HEXANAMIDE; AMPHETAMINE; PROTEIN KINASE C INHIBITOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INHIBITION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0344945597     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(03)00136-0     Document Type: Article

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