Suppressing calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II activity in the ventral tegmental area enhances the acute behavioural response to cocaine but attenuates the initiation of cocaine-induced behavioural sensitization in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 405-414

  Licata, Stephanie C ^a   Schmidt, Heath D ^a   Pierce, R Christopher ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA; CaM KII; L type calcium channel; NMDA; Psychostimulant; VTA

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHONOVALERIC ACID; 6 CYANO 7 NITRO 2,3 QUINOXALINEDIONE; AMPA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; COCAINE; DILTIAZEM; N [2 [[N [3 (4 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 PROPENYL] N METHYLAMINO]METHYL]PHENYL] N (2 HYDROXYETHYL) 4 METHOXYBENZENESULFONAMIDE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REPRESSION; HYPERACTIVITY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; COCAINE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME FACTORS; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0842308884     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0953-816X.2003.03110.x     Document Type: Article

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