Progression of cellular adaptations in medial prefrontal and orbitofrontal cortex in response to repeated amphetamine

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 31, 2006, Pages 8025-8039

  Homayoun, Houman ^a   Moghaddam, Bita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cortical plasticity; Ensemble unit recording; Freely moving rats; Psychosis; Psychostimulant

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CELL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ACTION POTENTIAL; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FRONTAL LOBE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FRONTAL LOBE; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 33748128370     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0842-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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