GABAA receptors in the basolateral amygdala are involved in mediating morphine reward

Brain Research

Volumn 1006, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 49-58

  Zarrindast, Mohammad Reza ^a,b   Ahmadi, Shamseddin ^c   Haeri Rohani, Ali ^c   Rezayof, Ameneh ^b,c   Jafari, Mohammad Reza ^a   Jafari Sabet, Majid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Basolateral amygdala; Bicuculline; Conditioned place preference; Drugs of abuse: opioids and others; GABAA receptor; Morphine; Muscimol; Neural basis of behavior; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BICUCULLINE; MORPHINE; MUSCIMOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REWARD;

AMYGDALA; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BICUCULLINE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG INTERACTIONS; GABA AGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MORPHINE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD;

EID: 1642413031     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2003.12.048     Document Type: Article

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