Conditioned nicotine withdrawal profoundly decreases the activity of brain reward systems

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 26, 2005, Pages 6208-6212

  Kenny, Paul J ^a   Markou, Athina ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Conditioned withdrawal; Craving; Morphine; Nicotine; Pavlovian (classical) conditioning; Relapse

Indexed keywords

DIHYDRO BETA ERYTHROIDINE; MORPHINE; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MORPHINE ADDICTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD; SMOKING; STIMULATION; STIMULUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; MALE; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REWARD; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 21544437886     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4785-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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