Neuronal substrates of relapse to cocaine-seeking behavior: Role of prefrontal cortex

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 653-666

  Rebec, George V ^a   Sun, WenLin ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine seeking; Drug self administration; Electrophysiology; Nucleus accumbens (NAcc); Prefrontal cortex (PFC); Rat; Reinstatement; Single unit

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ANIMAL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG SELF ADMINISTRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RAT; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOPAMINE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEEDBACK; GLUTAMIC ACID; MALE; MOTIVATION; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECURRENCE; SELF ADMINISTRATION; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 33644769489     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2005.105-04     Document Type: Review

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