Selective Encoding of Cocaine versus Natural Rewards by Nucleus Accumbens Neurons Is Not Related to Chronic Drug Exposure

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 35, 2003, Pages 11214-11223

  Carelli, Regina M ^a   Wondolowski, Joyce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumbens; Addiction; Drug abuse; Reward; Self administration; Water

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

EID: 0346118854     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-35-11214.2003     Document Type: Article

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