Potentiated reinstatement of cocaine-seeking behavior following D-amphetamine infusion into the basolateral amygdala

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1721-1729

  Ledford, Christopher C ^a   Fuchs, Rita A ^a   See, Ronald E ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Cocaine; D amphetamine; Dopamine; Reinstatement; Relapse

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DEXAMPHETAMINE; MONOAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHRONIC DRUG ADMINISTRATION; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; FACILITATION; HYPOTHESIS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MONOAMINE RELEASE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RELAPSE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SELF ADMINISTRATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0642338929     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300249     Document Type: Article

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