Nucleus accumbens PKA inhibition blocks acquisition but enhances expression of amphetamine-produced conditioned activity in rats

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-72

  Gerdjikov, Todor V ^a   Giles, Andrew C ^a   Swain, Shelley N ^a   Beninger, Richard J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Addiction; Amphetamine; Expression; Learning; Locomotion; PKA; Psychostimulant; Reward

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; CYCLIC AMP DERIVATIVE; DOPAMINE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HABITUATION; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REWARD;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN MAPPING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; THIONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 33845363572     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-006-0590-1     Document Type: Article

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