Gene transfer of GLT-1, a glutamate transporter, into the nucleus accumbens shell attenuates methamphetamine- and morphine-induced conditioned place preference in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2744-2754

  Fujio, Mayumi ^a   Nakagawa, Takayuki ^a   Sekiya, Yumiko ^a   Ozawa, Tohru ^a   Suzuki, Yuichi ^a   Minami, Masabumi ^b   Satoh, Masamichi ^c   Kaneko, Shuji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Astrocyte; Glutamate uptake; Mesolimbic dopaminergic system; Rewarding

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GLIA CELL; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PLACE PREFERENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DEPENDENCE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NARCOTICS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 29144515469     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04467.x     Document Type: Article

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