Injections of baclofen into the ventral medial prefrontal cortex block the initiation, but not the expression, of cocaine sensitization in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 352-358

  Steketee, Jeffery D ^a   Beyer, Chad E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Discovery Neuroscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Baclofen; Cocaine; GABA; Motor activity; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BACLOFEN; COCAINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; BACLOFEN; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GABA-B;

EID: 21344445251     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-005-2149-y     Document Type: Article

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